Publications
Books
Nelson BP (Ed); Acute Care Casebook. 2018; Oxford University Press (in press)
Nelson BP, Topol E, Bhagra A, Mulvagh S, Narula J (Eds); Atlas of Handheld Ultrasound. 2018; Springer, Cham, Switzerland
Noble VE, Nelson BP. Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound, 2nd Ed 2011; Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
Okuda Y and Nelson BP (Eds); Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Illustrated, 2nd Ed (Cambridge Clinical Guides)2015; Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
Noble VE, Nelson BP and Sutingco AN. Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound 2007; Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
Weingart S, Wyer P. Emergency Medicine Decision Making: Critical Choices in Chaotic Environments2006; The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, New York, NY
Chapters
Andrus P, Sanghvi A, Weingart S. Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension. In: Dawson M, Mallin M (Eds); Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound Vol 1. 2012; iTunes iBook. Accessed at http://goo.gl/ioq5P on 11/7/2012.
Nelson BP and Andrus P. Soft Tissue Imaging. In: Shah K, Lewiss R and Saul T (Eds); Essential Emergency Imaging. 2011; Lippincott, Williams, Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA
Tainter C and Nelson BP. Venous access. In: Lumlertgul S. (Ed); Manual of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures (2011)
Nelson BP, Melnick E and Li J. Trauma ultrasound in remote environments. In: Bledsoe G (Ed); Expedition and Wilderness Medicine 2008; Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
Nelson BP. Trauma Ultrasound. In: Fox JC (Ed); Clinical Emergency Radiology 2008; Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
Peer-reviewed articles
CLEAR: A Novel Approach to Ultrasound Equipment Homeostasis. Prats MI, Nelson BP, Gold DL, Branditz LD, Boulger CT, Bahner DP. J Ultrasound Med. 2018 Aug 19. doi: 10.1002/jum.14757. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30121948
Davey K, Saul T, Russel G, Wassermann J, Quaas J. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 May 9. pii: S0196-0644(18)30301-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.03.034. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29753518
In reply. Andrus P, Hu K, Gupta N, Saul T, Nelson BP, Teran F. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Apr;71(4):543-544. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.11.021. No abstract available. PMID: 29566899
Sonographic Evaluation and Monitoring of Pneumoperitoneum After Air Enema Reduction for Intussusception. Zhou AZ, Toporowski A, Tsung JW. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Feb 12. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001433. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 29438126
A novel method for creating custom shaped ballistic gelatin trainers using plaster molds. Doctor M, Katz A, McNamara SO, Leifer JH, Bambrick-Santoyo G, Saul T, Rose KM. J Ultrasound. 2018 Mar;21(1):61-64. doi: 10.1007/s40477-017-0274-1. Epub 2017 Dec 13. PMID: 29374397
Emergency sonographers can identify and inject the flexor tendon sheaths in human cadaveric models. Rose G, Baranchuk N, Tansek R, Avitabile N, Saul T. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 May;36(5):904-906. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.09.051. Epub 2017 Sep 29. No abstract available. PMID: 29033346
- PMID: 28927949
Variability in Interpretation of Cardiac Standstill Among Physician Sonographers. Hu K, Gupta N, Teran F, Saul T, Nelson BP, Andrus P. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Feb;71(2):193-198. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.07.476. Epub 2017 Sep 1. PMID: 28870394
Lung Consolidation Locations for Optimal Lung Ultrasound Scanning in Diagnosing Pediatric Pneumonia. Milliner BHA, Tsung JW. J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Nov;36(11):2325-2328. doi: 10.1002/jum.14272. Epub 2017 Jun 6. PMID: 28586113
Air and its Sonographic Appearance: Understanding the Artifacts. Buttar S, Cooper D Jr, Olivieri P, Barca M, Drake AB, Ku M, Rose G, Siadecki SD, Saul T. J Emerg Med. 2017 Aug;53(2):241-247. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.01.054. Epub 2017 Mar 31. PMID: 28372830
Reliability, Laterality and the Effect of Respiration on the Measured Corrected Flow Time of the Carotid Arteries. Doctor M, Siadecki SD, Cooper D Jr, Rose G, Drake AB, Ku M, Suprun M, Saul T. J Emerg Med. 2017 Jul;53(1):91-97. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.01.056. Epub 2017 Mar 25. PMID: 28351511
Sonographer preference of ballistic gelatin concentration used to create DVT training phantoms. Doctor M, Olivieri P, Siadecki SD, Rose G, Drake A, Saul T. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Jan;35(1):178-179. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.10.016. Epub 2016 Oct 8. No abstract available.
- PMID: 28340983
Ultrasound-guided dorsal penile nerve block performed in a case of zipper entrapment injury. Rose G, Costa V, Drake A, Siadecki SD, Saul T. J Clin Ultrasound. 2017 Nov 12;45(9):589-591. doi: 10.1002/jcu.22459. Epub 2017 Feb 10. PMID: 28186626
Eliciting renal tenderness by sonopalpation in diagnosing acute pyelonephritis. Faust JS, Tsung JW. Crit Ultrasound J. 2017 Dec;9(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13089-016-0056-6. Epub 2017 Jan 3. PMID: 28050884
Sonographer preference for Knox versus ballistic gelatin for the creation of deep venous thrombosis ultrasound phantoms. Olivieri P, Doctor M, Siadecki S, Rose G, Drake A, Saul T. Med Ultrason. 2016 Dec 5;18(4):531-532. doi: 10.11152/mu-888. PMID: 27981294
Pediatric emergency medicine point-of-care ultrasound: summary of the evidence. Marin JR, Abo AM, Arroyo AC, Doniger SJ, Fischer JW, Rempell R, Gary B, Holmes JF, Kessler DO, Lam SH, Levine MC, Levy JA, Murray A, Ng L, Noble VE, Ramirez-Schrempp D, Riley DC, Saul T, Shah V, Sivitz AB, Tay ET, Teng D, Chaudoin L, Tsung JW, Vieira RL, Vitberg YM, Lewiss RE. Crit Ultrasound J. 2016 Dec;8(1):16. Epub 2016 Nov 3. Review. Erratum in: Crit Ultrasound J. 2017 Dec;9(1):3. PMID: 27812885
Regional Nerve Blocks Improve Pain and Functional Outcomes in Hip Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Morrison RS, Dickman E, Hwang U, Akhtar S, Ferguson T, Huang J, Jeng CL, Nelson BP, Rosenblatt MA, Silverstein JH, Strayer RJ, Torrillo TM, Todd KH.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Dec;64(12):2433-2439. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14386. Epub 2016 Oct 27. PMID: 27787895
Abstracts
Bentley S, Strother C and Nelson BP. Are Live Ultrasound Models Replaceable? Traditional Vs. Simulated Education Module for Ultrasound FAST (Accepted at the ACEP Research Forum, San Francisco, 10/16/2011)
Nelson BP. Closing the Loop: Kolb learning model applied to an emergency ultrasound training curriculum. (Presented at the Harvard Macy Program for Educators, Boston, 5/17/2011)
Akhtar S, Hwang U, Dickman E, Nelson BP, Morrison S, Todd K. A Brief Educational Intervention is Effective in Teaching the Femoral Nerve Block Procedure to First Year Emergency Medicine Residents. (Presented at the CORD annual meeting, San Diego, 3/4/2011 and SAEM national meeting, Boston, 6/3/2011)
Bentley S, Hexom B, Nelson BP. Evaluation of Ultrasound Curriculum for Midwives in Liberia. (Presented at Mount Sinai Institute for Medical Education Research Day, New York, 4/12/2011)
Laurich VM, Nelson BP, Trueger S. Emergency physician performed ultrasonography for evaluation of 1st trimester pregnancy complications in the pediatric emergency department. (Accepted at the AIUM annual meeting, New York, 4/16/2011 and PAS annual meeting, Denver, 4/30/2011)
Bentley S, Nelson BP, Zahn LM. Ultrasound evaluation for appendicitis in children: Can we safely reduce CT scan utilization? (Presented at the ACEP Research Forum, Las Vegas, 9/28/2010)
Nelson BP, Noble V, Choi J, Truong T, Levine A. Improved resident knowledge and adherence to care guidelines using an algorithm for ectopic pregnancy evaluation. Ann Emerg Med 2009; 54(3):S34 (Presented at ACEP Scientific Assembly, Boston, 10/5/2009)
Nelson BP, Duque D, Noble VE, Chang B, Levine A, Lozner A. Thoracic Rapid Ultrasound in Trauma (TRUST): Test characteristics in penetrating injury. J Emerg Med2009; 37(2):223. (Presented at the fifth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference, Valencia, Spain, September 15, 2009). Selected as one of the top 50 abstracts at the conference.
Bentley S, Nelson BP, and Zahn LM. Ultrasound evaluation for appendicitis in children: Can we safely reduce CT scan utilization? (Presented at the fifth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference, Valencia, Spain, September 17, 2009)
Shah V, Tsung JW, Tunik MG; “Feasibility of diagnosing pediatric pneumonia using point-of-care ultrasound,†Poster presentation at WFUMB, Aug 2009, Sydney, Australia; platform presentation at the World Congress of Ultrasound in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Sept 2009, Sydney Australia; poster presentation American Academy of Pediatrics National Exhibit, Wash. D.C. Oct 2009.
Tsung JW, Blaivas M, Stone MB; “Feasibility of color Doppler ultrasound confirmation of intraosseous needle placement during resuscitation†Platform presentation at WFUMB, Aug 2009, Sydney, Australia; platform presentation at the World Congress of Ultrasound in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Sept 2009, Sydney Australia
Nelson BP, Parekh S, Hermann L, Chow E, Â O’Rourke M, Razzouk L, Duvall L. Ultrasound lung comets and Brain Natriuretic Peptide in acute dyspnea. J Ultrasound Med 2009; 28(3):s43 (Presented at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine national meeting, New York, April 4, 2009)
Nelson BP, Duque D, Noble VE, Chang B, Levine A, Lozner A. Detection of pneumothorax in penetrating injury: Thoracic Rapid Ultrasound in Trauma (TRUST). Acad Emerg Med 2008; 15(5):s115 (Presented at the SAEM national meeting, Washington DC, May 31, 2008)
Heegaard W, Nelson BP, Hildebrandt D Ho J, Spear D. Paramedic prehospital ultrasound training evaluation. Acad Emerg Med 2008; 15(5):s46 (Presented at the SAEM national meeting, Washington DC, May 29, 2008)
Nelson BP, Parekh S, Hermann L. Ultrasound lung comets and Brain Natriuretic Peptide in acute dyspnea. (Presented at the 2008 Regional Emergency Ultrasound Symposium, New York, April 9, 2008)
Weinberg ER, Tsung JW, Tunik MG; “Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Fractures in the Pediatric Emergency Department†Platform presentation at the World Congress of Ultrasound in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, March 2008, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 2008, Honoulu, Hawaii. Poster presentation at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, May 2008
Tsung JW, Blaivas M; “Feasibility of Correlating the Pulse Check with Focused Echocardiographic Assessment in Resuscitation during Pediatric Cardiac Arrest†Platform presentation at the World Congress of Ultrasound in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, March 2008, Porto Alegre, Brazil. (3rd Prize Winning Abstract)
Choi J, Nelson BP, Noble V, Levine A. Ectopic pregnancy evaluation algorithm improves resident education. (Presented at the fourth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Conference, Sorrento, Italy, September 17, 2007)
Malcom GE, Raio CC, Del Rios M, Blaivas M, Tsung JW; “Feasibility of Emergency Physician Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Multi-Center Case Series†Platform presentation at the World Congress of Ultrasound in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, May 2007, Paris, France
Nelson BP and Baumlin K. Revenue capture in an emergency medicine ultrasound program: a pilot study. Ann Emerg Med 2006; 48(4):S106 (Presented at the ACEP Research Forum, New Orleans, October 16, 2006)
Okuda Y, Nelson BP, Reidenberg JS, Walther T and Laitman JT. Emergency Anatomy: A new paradigm in teaching surface anatomy applying principles used in emergency medicine procedures. FASEB J 2007; 32(5):A87. (Presented at the Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting, Seattle, 2006)
Nelson BP, Noble V, Cranmer H. Prospective evaluation of an ultrasound training model for emergency physicians: Can we teach old dogs new tricks? Ann Emerg Med 2004; 44(4):S111. (Presented at the ACEP Research Forum, San Francisco, October 18, 2004)
Nelson BP, Senecal EL, Ptak T, Thomas SH. Opioid analgesia for acute abdominal pain in the elderly: Is the diagnosis of gallbladder pathology hindered? Ann Emerg Med 2004; 44(4):S89. (Presented at the ACEP Research Forum, San Francisco, October 18, 2004)
Nelson BP, Hong C, Ptak T, Thomas SH. Administration of opioid analgesia prior to right upper quadrant ultrasound does not affect assessment of the sonographic Murphy sign. Acad Emerg Med 2004; 11:581. (Presented at the SAEM national meeting, Orlando, May 19, 2004)
Nelson BP, Singer A. Digital versus analog radiography in the evaluation of cervical spine injuries. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7:494-495. (Presented at the SAEM national meeting, San Francisco, May 23, 2000)