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Study design: Review. Population: Emergency medical conditions. Intervention: Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) vs. Traditional consultative ultrasonography.

July 22, 2016Critical CareOpen Access

Ultrasonography in the emergency department

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Key result

Point-of-care ultrasonography is an integral skill in emergency medicine that enables rapid bedside diagnosis, procedural guidance, and improved management of critically ill adult patients.

Population

Adult patients in the emergency department

Design

Review

Authors

MWMicah R. WhitsonUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham PMPaul H. MayoNorthwell Health

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

May support POCUS use in EM; leaves open need for rigorous outcome trials.

Structured PICO

Population

Adult patients presenting to the emergency department requiring point-of-care ultrasonography for diagnostic evaluation or procedural guidance.

Intervention

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS)

Point-of-care ultrasonography is an essential and growing skill in emergency medicine with broad diagnostic and procedural applications.

Limitations

Use of POCUS may be limited by time and staffing constraints in a busy emergency department.
Requires extensive training and skill in image acquisition and interpretation.
Uncertain findings require reliance on traditional consultative ultrasonography.

Cite This Study

Whitson et al. (2016) conducted a review in Emergency medical conditions. Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) vs. Traditional consultative ultrasonography was evaluated. Point-of-care ultrasonography is an integral skill in emergency medicine that enables rapid bedside diagnosis, procedural guidance, and improved management of critically ill adult patients.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a625301ce9bb37a6d7dbf64 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-016-1399-x

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