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Thiessen, M. “Inferior Vena Cava to Aorta Ratio has Limited Value for Assessing Dehydration in Young Pediatric Emergency Department Patients,” Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Lightening Oral Presentation, May, 2012.

Bell, C. "Differences in Gaze Fixation Location and Duration Between Resident and Fellowship Sonographers Interpreting a Focused Assessment With Sonography in Trauma," American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2019.

Trent, S. and Thiessen, M. "Emergency Ultrasound Literature and Adherence to Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Criteria," American College of Emergency Physicians, Research Forum, October, 2018.

1. Smalley CM, Dorey A, Thiessen M, Kendall JL. A Survey of Ultrasound Milestone Incorporation Into Emergency Medicine Training Programs. J Ultrasound Med 2016;35(7):1517–21.

2. Sanz GE, Theoret J, Liao MM, Erickson C, Kendall JL. Bacterial contamination and cleanliness of emergency department ultrasound probes. CJEM 2011;13(6):384–9.

3. Schmidt JN, Kendall J, Smalley C. Competency Assessment in Senior Emergency Medicine Residents for Core Ultrasound Skills. West J Emerg Med 2015;16(6):923–6.

4. Shefrin AE, Warkentine F, Constantine E, et al. Consensus Core Point-of-care Ultrasound Applications for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Training. AEM Educ Train 2019;3(3):251–8.

5. McKaigney CJ, Krantz MJ, La Rocque CL, Hurst ND, Buchanan MS, Kendall JL. E-point septal separation: a bedside tool for emergency physician assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction. Am J Emerg Med 2014;32(6):493–7.

6. Morgan BB, Kao A, Trent SA, et al. Effect of Emergency Physician-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Radiology Department-Performed Ultrasound Examinations on the Emergency Department Length of Stay Among Pregnant Women at Less Than 20 Weeks’ Gestation. J Ultrasound Med 2018;37(11):2497–505.

7. Kessler R, Stowell JR, Vogel JA, Liao MM, Kendall JL. Effect of Interventional Program on the Utilization of PACS in Point-of-Care Ultrasound. J Digit Imaging 2016;29(6):701–5.

8. Kendall JL, Faragher J, Hewitt GJ, Burcham G, Haukoos JS. Emergency Department Ultrasound Is not a Sensitive Detector of Solid Organ Injury. West J Emerg Med 2009;10(1):1–5.

9. Thiessen M, Vogel JA, Byyny RL, et al. Emergency Ultrasound Literature and Adherence to Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Criteria. J Emerg Med 2019;

10. Kim DJ, Theoret J, Liao MM, Kendall JL. Experience with emergency ultrasound training by Canadian emergency medicine residents. West J Emerg Med 2014;15(3):306–11.

11. Laselle BT, Byyny RL, Haukoos JS, et al. False-negative FAST examination: associations with injury characteristics and patient outcomes. Ann Emerg Med 2012;60(3):326-334.e3.

12. Laselle B, Devey JS, Kendall JL. Female with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. Ann Emerg Med 2009;54(2):e8-9.

13. Kim DJ, Kendall JL. Fournier’s gangrene and its characteristic ultrasound findings. J Emerg Med 2013;44(1):e99-101.

14. Good RJ, Rothman KK, Ackil DJ, Kim JS, Orsborn J, Kendall JL. Hand motion analysis for assessment of nursing competence in ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter placement. J Vasc Access 2019;20(3):301–6.

15. Russ BA, Evans D, Morrad D, et al. Integrating Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Into the Osteopathic Medical School Curriculum. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2017;117(7):451–6.

16. Oberfoell S, Murphy D, French A, Trent S, Richards D. Inter-rater Reliability of Sonographic Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Measurements by Emergency Medicine Physicians. J Ultrasound Med 2017;36(8):1579–84.

17. Vogel JA, Haukoos JS, Erickson CL, et al. Is long-axis view superior to short-axis view in ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization? Crit Care Med 2015;43(4):832–9.

18. Evans DK, Thiessen MEW. Novel Approach to Introducing an Ultrasonography Curriculum With Limited Instructor Resources. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2019;119(8):533–40.

19. Smalley CM, Thiessen M, Byyny R, Dorey A, McNair B, Kendall JL. Number of Weeks Rotating in the Emergency Department Has a Greater Effect on Ultrasound Milestone Competency Than a Dedicated Ultrasound Rotation. J Ultrasound Med 2017;36(2):335–43.

20. Backlund BH, Bonnett CJ, Faragher JP, Haukoos JS, Kendall JL. Pilot study to determine the feasibility of training Army National Guard medics to perform focused cardiac ultrasonography. Prehosp Emerg Care 2010;14(1):118–23.

21. Primi B, Thiessen MEW. Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Locate Retained Intravenous Drug Needle in the Femoral Artery. West J Emerg Med 2016;17(6):817–8.

22. Everett JJ, Laselle B, Kendall J. Splenic injury sustained during body hardening drills and the utility of ultrasound in a prehospital combat medical environment. Mil Med 2010;175(3):182–4.

23. Soon AW, Toney AG, Stidham T, Kendall J, Roosevelt G. Teaching Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound to Novice Pediatric Learners: Web-Based E-Learning Versus Traditional Classroom Didactic. Pediatr Emerg Care 2018;

24. Kim DJ, Byyny RL, Rice CA, et al. Test Characteristics of Emergency Physician-Performed Limited Compression Ultrasound for Lower-Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis. J Emerg Med 2016;51(6):684–90.

25. Theoret J, Sanz GE, Matero D, et al. The “guitar pick” sign: a novel sign of retrobulbar hemorrhage. CJEM 2011;13(3):162–4.

26. Kim DJ, Theoret J, Liao MM, Hopkins E, Woolfrey K, Kendall JL. The current state of ultrasound training in canadian emergency medicine programs: perspectives from program directors. Acad Emerg Med 2012;19(9):E1073-1078.

27. Ahn JS, French AJ, Thiessen MEW, Kendall JL. Training peer instructors for a combined ultrasound/physical exam curriculum. Teach Learn Med 2014;26(3):292–5.

28. Backlund BH, Hopkins E, Kendall JL. Ultrasound guidance for central venous access by emergency physicians in colorado. West J Emerg Med 2012;13(4):320–5.

29. Rezayat T, Stowell JR, Kendall JL, Turner E, Fox JC, Barjaktarevic I. Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation: Time to Bring Subclavian Central Lines Back. West J Emerg Med 2016;17(2):216–21.

30. Erickson CS, Liao MM, Haukoos JS, et al. Ultrasound-guided small vessel cannulation: long-axis approach is equivalent to short-axis in novice sonographers experienced with landmark-based cannulation. West J Emerg Med 2014;15(7):824–30.

31. Windish R, Ungar T, Backlund B, Haukoos JS, Kendall J. Use of sterile saline as a
conduction agent for ultrasound visualization of central venous structures. Emerg Med Australas 2010;22(3):232–5.

32. Buchanan MS, Backlund B, Liao MM, et al. Use of ultrasound guidance for central venous catheter placement: survey from the American Board of Emergency Medicine Longitudinal Study of Emergency Physicians. Acad Emerg Med 2014;21(4):416–21.

33. Ahn JS, French AJ, Thiessen MEW, et al. Using Ultrasound to Enhance Medical Students’ Femoral Vascular Physical Examination Skills. J Ultrasound Med 2015;34(10):1771–6.

34. Murphy DL, Oberfoell SH, Trent SA, French AJ, Kim DJ, Richards DB. Validation of a Low-cost Optic Nerve Sheath Ultrasound Phantom: An Educational Tool. J Med Ultrasound 2017;25(2):96–100.