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Bedside ultrasound of the lung for the monitoring of acute decompensated heart failureGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Am J Emerg Med 26:585-91. 2008..Our aim is to assess B+ clearance after medical treatment in acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) and to compare the usefulness of sonography with other traditional tools in monitoring resolution of pulmonary congestion...- The double lung point: an unusual sonographic sign of juvenile spontaneous pneumothoraxGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, 10043 Orbassano Torino, Italy
Am J Emerg Med 29:355.e1-2. 2011..In this case, the ultrasound examination could be confounding and the clinician should be aware of it. This phenomenon is quite rare in the juvenile spontaneous pneumothorax, being more frequent in case of secondary pneumothorax... 
Real-time lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of alveolar consolidation and interstitial syndrome in the emergency departmentGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Torino, Italy
Eur J Emerg Med 17:63-72. 2010..This review describes some innovative practical applications of B-mode lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of alveolar consolidations and interstitial syndrome in the emergency department...- Lung sonographyGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy
J Ultrasound Med 32:165-71. 2013..Moreover, the article reviews the three main fields of lung sonography application: interstitial, alveolar, and pleural syndromes... - Sonographic diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with cardiac arrest without major dilation of the right ventricle or direct sign of lower limb venous thrombosisGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Torino, Italy
J Clin Ultrasound 40:529-33. 2012.... - International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasoundGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Intensive Care Med 38:577-91. 2012..The purpose of this study is to provide evidence-based and expert consensus recommendations for lung ultrasound with focus on emergency and critical care settings... - A comparison of different diagnostic tests in the bedside evaluation of pleuritic pain in the EDGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, S Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Orbassano TO, Italy
Am J Emerg Med 30:317-24. 2012..The aim of our study is to compare the value of LUS with other conventional routine diagnostic tools in the emergency department (ED) evaluation of patients with pleuritic pain and silent chest radiography (CXR)... - Sonographic diagnosis of pneumothoraxGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Turin, Italy
Intensive Care Med 37:224-32. 2011..The technique and its usefulness in different scenarios are explained, and its merits over conventional radiology are highlighted... - Usefulness of emergency ultrasound in nontraumatic cardiac arrestGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Am J Emerg Med 29:216-23. 2011..Finally, lung sonographic examination targeted to the detection of signs of pulmonary congestion has the potential to allow hemodynamic noninvasive monitoring before and after mechanical cardiopulmonary maneuvers... - Sonographic detection of radio-occult interstitial lung involvement in measles pneumonitisGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Am J Emerg Med 27:128.e1-3. 2009..We hypothesize a new diagnostic role of bedside lung sonography in screening patients presenting to the ED with initial lung involvement in measles who warrant close follow-up and hospital admission... - A case of severe hypercalcemia with acute renal failure in sarcoidosis: a diagnostic challenge for the emergency departmentGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
Eur J Emerg Med 12:320-1. 2005..The patient was discharged after 7 days with normal levels of serum calcium, urinary calcium excretion and serum creatinine. Recognition of this rare cause of hypercalcemia is a challenge for the emergency physician... - Bedside lung ultrasound in the assessment of alveolar-interstitial syndromeGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, S Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, TO, 10043, Italy
Am J Emerg Med 24:689-96. 2006.... - A case of mesenteric panniculitis: multiple involvement of the emergency department before final diagnosis and appropriate treatmentGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, S Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Regione Gonzole 10, 10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy
Eur J Emerg Med 14:104-5. 2007..In this brief report from literature analysis, we present diagnosis and treatment of mesenteric panniculitis from what is known so far. Finally, we briefly discuss some peculiar pathogenesis and hypothesis... - A case of unilateral re-expansion pulmonary oedema successfully treated with non-invasive continuous positive airway pressureGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, S Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
Eur J Emerg Med 11:291-4. 2004..Literature data about the aetiological and pathogenetic factors of the condition are also considered... - Usefulness of lung ultrasound in the bedside distinction between pulmonary edema and exacerbation of COPDGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Torino, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Emerg Radiol 15:145-51. 2008..This condition rules out exacerbation of COPD as the main cause of an acute dyspnea... - Detection of sonographic B-lines in patients with normal lung or radiographic alveolar consolidationGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Torino, Italy
Med Sci Monit 14:CR122-8. 2008..The aim was to assess the prevalence and distribution of this sonographic sign in patients with normal lung or isolated alveolar consolidation in chest radiography... - Diagnosis of radio-occult pulmonary conditions by real-time chest ultrasonography in patients with pleuritic painGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
Ultrasound Med Biol 34:1717-23. 2008..7%, positive and negative predictive values were 94.7% and 96.7%, respectively, and accuracy was 95.9%. In patients with pleuritic pain of unknown cause, real-time LUS enables the diagnosis of radio-occult lung and pleural lesions... - Lung ultrasound in the evaluation of patients with pleuritic pain in the emergency departmentGiovanni Volpicelli
Department of Emergency Medicine, S Luigi Hospital, Orbassano TO, Italy
J Emerg Med 34:179-86. 2008..We report on 5 patients who presented to our ED complaining of pleuritic pain, few other symptoms, and negative routine investigations, in whom bedside lung ultrasound aided in making the diagnosis... - A case of epigastric pain in the ED: late mechanical complication after vertical banded gastroplastyAdriano M Priola
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy
Am J Emerg Med 27:633.e5-7. 2009..Radiologic upper gastrointestinal investigation and computed tomography findings were then decisive to detect the intragastric band migration...