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M-Mode Ultrasound Applications for the Emergency Medicine Physician

Turandot Saul¹, Sebastian D Siadecki¹, Rachel Berkowitz¹

¹Division of Emergency Ultrasound, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital, Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York.

The Journal of Emergency Medicine

|August 22, 2015

Abstract

Background:

M-mode or "motion" mode is a form of ultrasound imaging that is of high clinical utility in the emergency department. It can be used in a variety of situations to evaluate motion and timing, and can document tissue movement in a still image when the recording of a video clip is not feasible.

Objectives:

In this article we describe several straightforward and easily performed applications for the emergency physician to incorporate M-mode into his or her practice, including the evaluation for: 1) pneumothorax, 2) left ventricular systolic function, 3) cardiac tamponade, and 4) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Discussion:

The emergency physician and other point-of-care ultrasound providers can use this versatile function in the evaluation of patients for a number of critical cardiopulmonary diagnoses.

Conclusion:

A great deal of important information may be obtained with M-mode imaging through views and measurements that are relatively easy to obtain.

Keywords:

E-point septal separation M-mode cardiac tamponade hypertrophic cardiomyopathy pneumothorax ultrasound

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