Research
USIM members publications
Naili R, Balas C, Breuss E, Benmachiche M, Surchat C, Herren D. POCUS en médecine de premier recours : état des lieux en 2025. Rev Med Suisse, 2025/938 (Vol.21), p. 1986–1994.
Bieler S, von Düring S, Tagan D, Grosgurin O, Fumeaux T. Impact of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program on the Management of Patients With Acute Respiratory or Circulatory Failure by In-Training Emergency Department Residents (IMPULSE): Before-and-After Implementation Study. JMIRx Med. 2025
Grosgurin O. Point-of-care ultrasound in internal and emergency medicine: from basics to training and implementation. PD thesis. doi : 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:155065
Leidi A, Krauer J, Soret G, Parent T, Marti C, Meyer P, Juillerat A, Bex S, Suh N, Rouyer F, Siegenthaler N, Grosgurin O. Heart and lung point-of-care ultrasonography tutoring in internal medicine: a randomized controlled trial. J Ultrasound. 2024. Epub ahead of print
Leidi A, Soret G, Leszek A, Marti C, Carballo S, Stirnemann J, Grosgurin O, Reny JL, Mavrakanas TA. Point-of-care Ultrasonography and Worsening of Renal Function in Acute Heart Failure: A Cohort Study. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 2024
Leidi A, Soret G, Mann T, Koegler F, Coen M, Leszek A, et al. Eight versus 28-point lung ultrasonography in moderate acute heart failure: a prospective comparative study. Intern Emerg Med. 2022
Leidi A. Rôle de l’échographie pleuropulmonaire dans la prise en charge de l’insuffisance cardiaque aigue. Doctoral Thesis. 2022. doi: 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:159326
Leidi A, Saudan A, Soret G, Rouyer F, Marti C, Stirnemann J, Reny JL, Grosgurin O. Confidence and Use of Physical Examination and Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for Detection of Abdominal or Pleural Free Fluid. A Cross-sectional Survey. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 2021
Leidi A, Karege G, Salamun J, Stirnemann J, Grosgurin O, Leszek A. Rôle de l’échographie ciblée dans la prise en charge de l’insuffisance cardiaque. Rev Med Suisse. 2021
Leidi A, Monti M, Grosgurin O. Echographie ciblée en médecine interne générale : menace ou ressource ? Rev Med Suisse. 2021
Leidi A, Rouyer F, Marti C, Reny JL, Grosgurin O. Point of care ultrasonography from the emergency department to the internal medicine ward: current trends and perspectives. Intern Emerg Med. 2020
Moulin V, Benmachiche M. Choix de l’accès veineux le plus adapté au patient. Rev Med Suisse. 2023
Moulin V, Monti M. Rôles et défis de l’ultrasonographie ciblée en médecine interne hospitalière. Rev Med Suisse. 2021
Prendki V, Garin N, Stirnemann J, Combescure C, Platon A, Bernasconi E, et al. LOw-dose CT Or Lung UltraSonography versus standard of care based-strategies for the diagnosis of pneumonia in the elderly: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (OCTOPLUS). BMJ Open. 2022
Sandoz E, Soret G, Kharat A, Marti C, Grosgurin O, Leidi A. POCUS : diagnostiquer la pneumonie par l’échographie pleuropulmonaire. Rev Med Suisse. 2023
Soret G, Prendki V, Cantero C, Greiser J, Leidi A. Intérêt de l’échographie ciblée dans la suspicion d’infection bactérienne. Rev Med Suisse. 2021
Vionnet JL, Marti C, Breuss E, Tagan D, Fumeaux T, Grosgurin O. POCUS (Point-of-care ultrasonography) en médecine interne générale : champ d’application et formation. Rev Med Suisse. 2021
Leidi A, Mann T, Gosselin P, Bedulli M, Esposito F, Schneider C, Parent T, Combescure C, Desmettre T, Reny JL, Stirnemann J, Grosgurin O; ICARUS study group. The ICARUS project: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Investigating aCute heArt failuRe decongestion guided by lung UltraSonography. Trials. 2026 Apr 22. doi: 10.1186/s13063-026-09701-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42021403.
Leidi A, Zacharias-Fontanet A, Grosgurin O; DOMUS study group. The widening gap between point-of-care ultrasonography course participation and supervision resources. Eur J Intern Med. 2026 Feb;144:106645. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2025.106645. Epub 2025 Dec 16. PMID: 41407588.
Tagan D, Beaulieu Y, Grosgurin O. Défi d’un enseignement adapté et rigoureux en ultrasonographie ciblée [The challenge of an appropriate and rigorous teaching of focused ultrasonography]. Rev Med Suisse. 2025 Sep 3;21(929):1575-1577. French. doi: 10.53738/REVMED.2025.21.929.47183. PMID: 40937708.
Ongoing Research
Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
Schneider C, Frei N, Fernandez A, Frei C, Wahedi K, Husarek J, Aubert CE, Lehmann B, Müller M
A systematic review of beneficial and non-beneficial indications
Schneider C, Stalder A, Enaciri N, Hofmann E, Müller M, Rodondi N, Aubert CE
Assessing the clinical utility of ultrasound in general Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Paediatric Emergency Department: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy practitioner practices
Schneider C, Seehauser J, van Hoving N, Romano F, Keitel K, Müller M
Diagnostic and prognostic role of point-of-care ultrasound in decompensated liver cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure
Segna D, Angeles Fite G, Schneider C, Brazerol F, Raemy S, Roggo L, Roa Diaz ZM, Bosch J, Berzigotti A
Training medical residents in the use of the Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) score for bedside volume assessment: a randomized controlled trial
Claudio Schneider, Caroline Rimensberger, Carole Elodie Aubert, Tobias Tritschler, Manuel Blum, Stefanie Mosimann
Contact: claudio.schneider@insel.ch
Accuracy of Ultrasonography in confirming correct positioning of nasogastric tune in the intensive care setting
Alessandro F. Chiesa, Elisa Racina, et al.
Contact: alessandro.chiesa@eoc.ch
Investigating aCute heArt failuRe decongestion guided by lung UltraSonography (ICARUS)
Antonio Leidi, Tamara Mann, Pauline Gosselin, Michele Bedulli, Fernando Esposito, Claudio Schneider, Christophe Combescure, Thibaut Desmettre, Jean-Luc Reny, Jérôme Stirnemann, Olivier Grosgurin
Contact: antonio.leidi@hug.ch
Delphi consensus study on Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in postgraduate General Internal Medicine (GIM) training in Switzerland
Contact: andre.juillerat@hug.ch
POCUS Teaching Methods: A Systematic Review
Contact: marine.baumberger@hug.ch
Determinants Of the achieveMent of a point-of-care UltraSonography certification (DOMUS) study
Contact: antonio.leidi@hug.ch
LOw-dose CT Or Lung UltraSonography versus standard of care based-strategies for the diagnosis of pneumonia in the elderly (OCTOPLUS) RCT
Contact: virginie.prendki@hug.ch
Minimal Operational Standards for POCUS Education in Swiss Postgraduate General Internal Medicine Training Centers: A Modified Delphi Consensus Study
Contact: cedric.steinmann@stadtspital.ch
POP-LUS study – Lung Ultrasonography in Post-operative Patients.
Contact: antonio.leidi@hug.ch
ECHO-LUTION study – Association Between Point-of-Care Ultrasonography use and Requests for formal Investigations in Internal Medicine
Contact: antonio.leidi@hug.ch
AIPOD study: AI-assisted POCUS for Diastolic Dysfunction in Suspected Heart Failure
Contact: olivier.grosgurin@hug.ch
Optimal Consolidation Size Threshold for Lung Ultrasonography in Suspected Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients Overs 65 Years
Contact: antonio.leidi@hug.ch