Michael Dan Arvig, Mats Jacob Hermansson Lindberg, Jesper Wamberg, Stefan Posth, Jesper Bo Weile, Henrik Ømark Petersen, Mads Damgaard Mørkenborg, Ronja Leth, Halfdan Lauridsen
A focused point-of-care abdominal ultrasound is an examination performed at the patient's location and interpreted within the clinical context. This review gives an overview of this examination modality. The objective is to rapidly address predefined dichotomised questions about the presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, gallstones, cholecystitis, hydronephrosis, urinary retention, free intraperitoneal fluid, and small bowel obstruction. FAUS is a valuable tool for emergency physicians to promptly confirm various conditions upon the patients' arrival, thus reducing the time to diagnosis and in some cases eliminating the need for other imaging...
April 22, 2024: Ugeskrift for Laeger