A 10-year-old girl with shock: Role of emergency bedside ultrasound in early diagnosis

From the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, and Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee. Address for reprints: Jay Pershad, MD, Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, 50 N. Dunlap Street, Memphis, TN 38103; e-mail: [email protected] The author would like to thank Aloka and their regional sales representative, Walt Rosene, for their technical support and ongoing education in the use of their ultrasound machine. The author is also deeply indebted to Barry Gilmore, MD, and Sandip Godambe, MD, for their assistance in manuscript preparation.