Carolinas Medical Center

Weekes A, Tassone H et al, Sonodynamic Comparison of Systolic Blood Pressure to Aortic Velocity Time Integral Measurements as a Measure of Fluid Responsiveness in Non-Traumatic Hypotensive ED Patients

Weekes A, Tassone H et al Sonodynamic study: Comparison of Qualitative versus Quantitative Assessment, and Inter-rater Agreement in Serial Ultrasound evaluations of Caval Index and Left Ventricular Systolic Function in the early Fluid Resuscitation of emergency department patients with Symptomatic Hypotension.


Tayal V, Kline JA. Emergent Echocardiographic Detection of Pericardial Effusion in Patients with Hemodynamic Collapse. Acad Emerg Med. 1999; 6:540. (Abstract) Presented at SAEM Annual 1999 Meeting in Boston, MA, May 1999.

Tayal V, Oakes JL, Tomaszewski CA, Marx JA, Thomason MH. Trauma Ultrasound in Splenic Injury: Which View is Most Sensitive? Acad Emerg Med. 1999; 6:504 (Abstract) Presented at SAEM Annual 1999 Meeting in Boston, MA, May 1999.



Tayal V, Beatty MB, Marx JA, Tomaszewski CA, Thomason MH. FAST Accurate for Cardiac and Intraperitoneal Injury in Penetrating Chest Trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 2000;7:492. (Abstract) Presented at SAEM Annual 2000 Meeting in San Francisco, CA, May 2000.

Moore CL, Rose GA, Tayal VS, Sullivan DM, Arrowood JA, Kline JA. Determination of Left Ventricular Function by Emergency Physician Echocardiography of Hypotensive Patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2001; 8:544. (Abstract) Presented at SAEM Annual 2001 Meeting in Atlanta, GE, May 2001.

Backus CL, Pratt BL, Gibbs M, Tayal V, Heniford BH, Sing RF. Focused Assessment with Sonography of the Trauma Patient. Submitted to ACS Annual Meeting 2000



Graf CD, Tayal VS, , Gibbs M. Prospective Study of Accuracy and Utility of Emergency Ultrasound for AAA over a Two-Year Period. Acad Emerg Med. 2002; 9:541. (Abstract) Presented at the SAEM Annual 2002 Meeting in St. Louis.

Flanders C. Tayal V. Outcome Analysis of an Emergency Physician Pelvic Ultrasound Protocol to Rule Out Ectopic Pregnancy: A One-Year Review at an Urban Emergency Department. Ultrasound In Medicine and Biology. 2003: 29: S188. Presented at CMC 2002 Resident Academic Day. June 13, 2002 and AIUM annual meeting June 2003, Montreal, Canada

Foster T, Tayal V, Saunders T, Norton J. Emergency Ultrasound Optic Nerve Sheath Measurement to Detect Increased Pressure in Head Injury Patients: Preliminary Study of Interobserver Variability in Normal Human Subjects. Academic Emerg Med. 2003; 10: 487-488. Presented at SAEM annual meeting May 2003, Boston MA and AIUM annual meeting June 2003, Montreal, Canada

Hasan N, Tayal V. Ultrasound Changes Emergency Physician Management of Cellulitis. Acad Emerg Med. 2003;10:426-427. (Abstract) Presented at SAEM annual meeting May 2003, Boston MA and AIUM annual meeting June 2003, Montreal, Canada.



Jones AE, Tayal VS, Kline JA. Focused Training of Emergency Medicine Residents in Goal-
Directed Echocardiography: A Prospective Study. Ultrasound In Medicine and Biology. 2003: 29: S210. Presented at AIUM annual meeting June 2003, Montreal Canada

Romognuolo L, Tayal V, Tomaszewski C, Norton J, Saunders T. Optic Sheath Nerve Diameter in Normal Human Subjects in the Supine, Trendelenburg, and Reverse Trendelenburg positions. Presented at ACEP Research Forum 2003, Boston, MA

Tayal V , Nielsen A, Jones A, Kellam J, Thomason M, Norton HJ. Accuracy of Trauma Ultrasound in Major Pelvic Injury. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11: 579. Presented at 2004 AIUM annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ and 2004 SAEM annual meeting, Orlando, Fl.

Tayal VS, Cohen H., Norton HJ. Outcome of Patients with an Indeterminate Emergency Department First-Trimester Pelvic Ultrasound to Rule Out Ectopic Pregnancy. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11: 526. Presented at 2004 AIUM annual meeting. Phoenix, AZ and 2004 SAEM annual meeting, Orlando, Fl.

Jones AE, Tayal VS, Sullivan DM, Kline JA. Randomized Controlled Trial of Immediate vs. Delayed Goal-directed Ultrasound to Identify the Etiology of Nontraumatic Hypotension in Emergency Department Patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11:445-446. Presented at the 2004 SAEM meeting in Orlando, Fl.

Sierzenski PR, Dickman E, Leech SJ, Tayal V, Blaivas M. Defining the Position of the Emergency Ultrasound Director: A National Survey of Academic Ultrasound Directors from Emergency Medicine Residency Programs. Acad Emerg Med. 2004; 11:497-498. Presented at the 2004 SAEM meeting in Orlando, FL.

Nicks BA. Tayal VS . Emergency Ultrasound Evaluation of Symptomatic Non-Traumatic Pleural Effusions. .Ann Emerg Med. 2004; 44:S84; J Ultrasound Med. 2005 24:S99. Presented at the 2004 ACEP Research Forum in San Francisco, CA and presented at 2005 AIUM annual meeting in Orlando, FL.

Bullard M, Tayal VS, Emergency Department Endovaginal Ultrasound in Non-Pregnant Female Patients
with Undifferentiated Right Lower Quadrant Pain. Acad Emerg Med. 2005; 12;5 supp 1: 20-21. J Ultrasound Med 2005; 24:S109. Presented at SAEM annual meeting 2005 in New York, NY and AIUM annual meeting in 2005 in Orlando, Fl.

Tayal VS , Neulander M, Use of Emergency Department Sonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter to Detect CT findings of Increased ICP in Adult Head Injury Patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:5 supp 1: 139. J Ultrasound Med. 2005; 24:S109. Presented at SAEM annual meeting 2005 in New York, NY and AIUM annual meeting in 2005 in Orlando, Fl.

Crean CA, Schulz CJ, Tayal VS. Use of High-Frequency Ocular Bedside Ultrasound by Emergency Physicians to Diagnose Coats’ Disease. J Ultrasound Med. 2005; 24:S109-110

Tayal VS, Antoniazzi JM, Pariyadath M, Norton HJ. Prospective Evaluation of Ultrasound For Detection Of Hand Fractures By Emergency Physicians. Ann Emerg Med. 2005; 46:S80. Presented at ACEP Research Forum 2005, Washington, D.C and AIUM Annual Meeting 2006, Washington DC.

Sierzenski PR, Gaspari RJ, Tayal VS, Dickman E, Gukhool JA, Leech S, O’Connor RE. Institution of a Combined Rotation in Anesthesia and Emergency Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: A Pathway for Early Dedicated Ultrasound Experience Without Compromising Intubation Experience for PGY-1 Emergency Medicine Residents. Ann Emerg Med. 2005; 46:S52. Presented at ACEP Research Forum 2005, Washington, D.C

Tayal VS, Pariyadath M, Norton HJ. Randomized Controlled Trial Of Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Non-Knee Arthrocentesis In The ED. Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13, S197.Presented at SAEM 2006, San Francisco, CA and AIUM 2007 New York, NY.

Pariyadath, M, Tayal VS, Norton HJ. Randomized Controlled Trial Of Ultrasound Guided Knee Arthrocentesis In The ED. Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13, S197a.Presented at SAEM 2006, San Francisco, CA and AIUM 2007 New York, NY.

Crean C, Tayal VS, Norton HJ, Schulz C, Bacalis K, Bliss S. Prospective Comparative Trial Of The Sonographic Endovaginal Bimanual Examination Versus Traditional Digital Bimanual In Non-Pregnant Adult Females With Lower Abdominal Pain In The ED With Stratification By And Randomization Within BMI classification. Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13, S110.Presented at SAEM 2006, San Francisco, CA and AIUM 2007 New York, NY.

Rochester AL, Tayal VS, Marx JA, Thomason MA. The Accuracy of Trauma Ultrasound In Penetrating Trauma To The Anterior Abdomen. Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13, S142. Presented at SAEM 2006, San Francisco, CA and AIUM 2007 New York, NY.

Tayal VS, Forgash AJ, Norton HJ. Outcomes for Ectopic Pregnancy Patients with Indeterminate Pelvic Ultrasounds Using a Modified CMC Pregnancy Ultrasound Protocol with Selective Non-IUP Gynecologic Consultation. Ann Emerg Med. 2006; 48: S105-106. Presented at ACEP Research Forum 2006, New Orleans, LA and AIUM 2007 New York, NY.

Woodson J, Tayal VS, Pariyadath M, Leathers S, Norton HJ. Accuracy of the Landmark and Palpation Techniques for Pediatric Femoral Vein Identification. Acad Emerg Med. 2007; 14: S99. Presented at SAEM 2007, Chicago, Il.

Snead G, Tayal VS, Jones A, Haley M, Norton J, Rose G. Prospective Evaluation of Sonographic Inferior Vena Cava and Internal Jugular Vein Measurements to Estimate Central Venous Pressure. Acad Emerg Med. 2007; 14: S90-91 Presented at SAEM 2007, Chicago, Il.

Tayal VS, Centers S, Snead G. Evaluation of Emergency Medicine Resident Introductory Ultrasound Rotation by a Multimedia Testing Competency Tool. Accepted for presentation, ACEP Research Forum, 2007.

Tayal VS, Price RN, Norton HJ. The Accuracy of Pediatric Trauma Ultrasound with Stratification by Age and Trauma Code Status. Accepted for presentation, ACEP Research Forum, 2007.

See abstracts above.
Tayal V. Emergency Ultrasound Course , co-presenter. Cosponsored by ACEP and South Carolina College of Emergency Physicians.
Introductory Emergency Ultrasound
Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Course

Tayal, V. Credentialing for Emergency Ultrasound. SAEM Ultrasound Interest Group. SAEM Meeting, May 1999, Boston, MA
.
Tayal V. Emergency Ultrasound – Rationale and Uses. Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Bluefield, West Virginia. July 27, 1999.

Tayal V. Emergency Ultrasound - Trauma applications. NCCEP annual June Jam precourse, June 2000.

Tayal, V. Emergency Ultrasound,, Zayed Military Hospital. Abu Dhabi. Jan 2001

Tayal V. Abdominal US Case Studies, in ACEP Module One Ultrasound Course. Chicago, May 2001.

Tayal V. Update on Credentialing and Politics of Emergency Ultrasound, NCCEP annual meeting June Jam. June 2001.

Tayal, V. Benefits and Pitfalls of New Technologies in Trauma Care. CMC Multidisciplinary Conference, Sept. 2001

Tayal V. Instructor, ACEP 2001 Scientific Assembly Trauma US – practical laboratory. October 2001

Tayal V. NY ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Course , co-presenter.. Bedford Hills, NY March 2002

Tayal V. Ultrasound Physics and Trauma/Central Line Ultrasound Laboratories. UNC-Chapel Hill Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgeries. August 9 and 10, 2002

Tayal V. Ultrasound Physics. Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine. August 13, 2002.

Tayal V. Ultrasound in the Evaluation of the Trauma Patient. CMC Trauma Multidisciplinary Conference, May 16, 2003

Tayal V. DVT and Procedural Ultrasound. NCCEP annual meeting June Jam. June 2003.

Tayal V. Ultrasound Physics. Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine. August 12, 2003

Tayal, V. The Second Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress. Emergency Ultrasound Course. . Stiges-Barcelona, Spain. September 13-16, 2003

Tayal V. ACEP Scientific Assembly - Vascular Access and DVT Laboratories. Boston, MA. October 2003.

Tayal V. Ultrasound Physics. Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine. September 9, 2004

Tayal V. Director, ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Management Course – 1st annual. San Francisco, CA. October 2004

Tayal V. ACEP Scientific Assembly - Vascular Access and DVT Laboratories. San Francisco, CA. October 2004.

Tayal, V. Pitfalls in Emergency Ultrasound Lecture and US laboratories. Colby College/Maine Medical Center Annual Emergency Medicine Update. July 27, 2005, Waterville, ME.

Tayal V. Director, ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Management Course- 2nd annual. Washington, DC. September 2005

Tayal V. Instructor, Shock Session, 2nd World Congress on Ultrasound in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. June, 2006, New York NY

Tayal V. Procedural Ultrasound Lecture and Lab. Excellence in Emergency Medicine: Update in Emergency and Trauma Care. October 1-5, 2006, Asheville, NC.

Tayal V. ACEP Scientific Assembly – Lecture – “ Emergency Ultrasound Management – the ABCs”
Trauma US Laboratory. New Orleans, LA. October 2006.

Tayal V. “The FAST Exam”. Hampton Roads Trauma Symposium. March 23, 2007. Newport News, Virginia.

Tayal V. “Issues in Emergency Ultrasound Research”. New York State Regional Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Conference. April 11, 2007. New York, NY.

Tayal, V “Emergency Ultrasound: A Day in the Life of the Emergency Physician.” Philips Ultrasound, Andover Campus. June 1, 2007. Andover, MA.

Dr. Weekes:

Fourth World Congress on Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care held in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Coordinator of Research Forum on Ultrasound’s Role in Early Goal Directed Therapy in Sepsis
-Plenary speaker- Early Goal Directed Therapy in Sepsis Ultrasound Fundamentals March 2008

Fourth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress Sorrento, Italy
Speaker: Pulmonary Ultrasound at Pre Congress Ultrasound Workshop

American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Scientific Annual Assembly, New York City. March 15, 2007.
Lecture presentations in the “Diagnostic and Procedural Ultrasound in the Critically Ill Patient" course.
- An Algorithmic Approach to the Use of Sonography in Differentiating Types and Causes of Shock
- Case Presentation of Ultrasound in Ultrasound in Mesenteric Ischemia
- Algorithmic Approach Using Ultrasound in the Patient with Acute Dyspnea
- Case Presentation of Ultrasound in the Dyspneic Patient

Second World Congress on Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care – Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York 2004
1. Presentation on ‘Shock’ in the Advanced Ultrasound Course. June 11, 2006.
2. Faculty- Anesthesia Ultrasound Course- June 11, 2006.
Cardiac Ultrasound Use in Hypotension. Presentation at National Medical Association Annual Scientific Assembly and Convention, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, New York

Ultrasound-guided procedures. Presentation at Second Annual New York State Regional Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Conference- Advanced applications at the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York 5/05

Weekes A, Johnson D, Keller SM, Efune B, Carey C, Rosario N. Central Vascular Catheter Placement Evaluation using Saline Flush and Bedside Echocardiography Acad Emerg Med Vol 21 Jan 2014

Weekes A. J, Reddy A, et al. (2012). "E-point septal separation compared to fractional shortening measurements of systolic function in emergency department patients: prospective randomized study." J Ultrasound Med 2012 31(12): 1891-1897.


Tassone HM, Tayal VS, Weekes AJ, Garner CL, Norton JH. Ultrasound-Guided Oblique Approach for Peripheral Venous Access in a Phantom Model. Critical Ultrasound Journal 2012;4:14.

Weekes AJ, Lewis MR, Kahler ZP, et al. The Effect of Weight-based Volume Loading on the Inferior Vena Cava in Fasting Subjects: A Prospective Randomized Double-blinded Trial. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2012;19:901-7.

Weekes AJ, Tassone H, Babcock A et al. Comparison of Serial Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments of Caval Index and Left Ventricular Systolic Function During Early Fluid Resuscitation of Hypotensive Emergency Department Patients Acad Emerg Med. 2011; 18:912-921



ACEP (policy). Contributors: Tayal V, Blaivas M, Mandavia D, Stahmer SA, Cardenas E, Dean AJ, Rose JS, Cook TP, Heller M, Pattavina C, Bromley M. Emergency Ultrasound Guidelines - 2001. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2001;10.

Hoffenberg S, Tayal V, Dean A, Quick G, Cardenas E, Bromley M. Emergency Ultrasound Coding and Reimbursement. ACEP Ultrasound Section. http://www.acep.org/1,439,0.html

Moore CL, Rose GA, Tayal VS, Sullivan DM, Arrowood JA, Kline JA. Determination of Left Ventricular Function by Emergency Physician Echocardiography of Hypotensive Patients. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2002;9:186-193.

Heller MB, Mandavia D, Tayal VS, Cardenas EE, Lambert MJ, Mateer J, Melanson SW, Peimann NP, Plummer DW, Stahmer SA. Residency Training in Emergency Ultrasound: Fulfilling the Mandate. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2002; 9: 835-839.

Tayal VS, Graf CD, Gibbs MA. Prospective Study of Accuracy and Outcome of Emergency Ultrasound for AAA over 2 years. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2003;10:867-871.

Jones AE, Tayal VS, Kline JA. Focused Training of Emergency Medicine Residents in Goal-
directed Echocardiography: A Prospective Study. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2003; 10: 1054-1058.

Tayal VS, Kline JA. Emergent Echocardiographic Detection of Pericardial Effusion in Patients with Hemodynamic Collapse. Resuscitation. 2003;59:315-318.

Jones AE, Mason PE, Tayal VS, Gibbs MA. Sonographic Intraperitoneal Fluid in Patients with Pelvic Fracture: Two Cases of Traumatic Intraperitoneal Bladder Rupture. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2003; 25:373-377.

Tayal VS, Beatty MA, Marx JA, Tomaszewski CA, Thomason MH. FAST (Focused Assessment With Sonography in Trauma) Accurate for Cardiac and Intraperitoneal Injury in Penetrating Anterior Chest Trauma. J Ultrasound Med. 2004; 23:467-472.

Jones AE, Tayal VS, Sullivan DM, Kline JA. Randomized Controlled Trial of Immediate vs. Delayed Goal-directed Ultrasound to Identify the Etiology of Nontraumatic Hypotension in Emergency Department Patients. Critical Care Med. 2004; 32: 1703-1708.

Tayal VS, Cohen H., Norton HJ. Outcome of Patients with an Indeterminate Emergency Department First-Trimester Pelvic Ultrasound to Rule Out Ectopic Pregnancy. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2004;11:912-917.

Romognuolo L, Tayal V, Tomaszewski C, Saunders T, Norton HJ. Optic Sheath Nerve Diameter in Normal Human Subjects in the Supine, Trendelenburg, and Reverse Trendelenburg positions. AJEM. 2005;23:686-688.

Jones AE., Craddock PA, Tayal VS, Kline JA. Diagnostic Accuracy of Left Ventricular Function for Identifying Sepsis Among Emergency Department Patients with Nontraumatic Symptomatic Undifferentiated Hypotension. Shock. 2005; 24:513-517.

Tayal VS, Hasan N, Norton HJ, Tomaszewski CA. The Effect of Soft-Tissue Ultrasound on the Management of Cellulitis in the Emergency Dept. Academic Emergency Medicine. .2006: 13:384-388.

Reardon R, Heegard B, Plummer D, Clinton J, Cook T, Tayal VS. Ultrasound is a Necessary Skill for Emergency Physicians. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2006: 13:334-336.

Tayal VS ,Nicks BA, Norton JA. Emergency Ultrasound Evaluation of Symptomatic Non-Traumatic Pleural Effusions. AJEM. 2006;24:782-786.

Tayal VS , Nielsen A, Jones A, Kellam J, Thomason M, Norton HJ. Accuracy of Trauma Ultrasound in Major Pelvic Injury. J Trauma. 2006;61:1453-1457.

Tayal VS , Neulander M, Foster, T, Norton HJ, Saunders TA, Blaivas M. Use of Emergency Department Sonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter to Detect CT findings of Increased ICP in Adult Head Injury Patients. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;49:508-514.

O’Malley P, Tayal VS. Use of Emergency Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in
Diagnosis of an Open Fracture of the Hand. J Ultrasound Med. 2007; 26:679-682.

Tayal, VS, Antoniazzi J, Pariyadath M, Norton HJ. Prospective Use of Ultrasound Imaging to Detect Bony Hand Injuries in Adults. J Ultrasound Med. 2007; 26:1143-1148.