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https://read.qxmd.com/read/26935564/accuracy-of-surgeon-performed-ultrasound-in-detecting-gallstones-a-validation-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Camilla Gustafsson, Andrea McNicholas, Anders Sondén, Staffan Törngren, Hans Järnbert-Pettersson, Anna Lindelius
BACKGROUND: Symptomatic gallstone disease is a common diagnosis in patients with abdominal pain. Ultrasound is considered the gold standard method to identify gallstones. Today the examination may be performed bedside by the treating clinician. Bedside ultrasound could provide a safe and time-saving diagnostic resource for surgeons evaluating patients with suspected symptomatic gallstones; however, large validation studies of the accuracy and reliability are lacking. The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the accuracy of surgeon-performed ultrasound for the detection of gallstones...
July 2016: World Journal of Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27013122/perioperative-anesthesiology-ultrasonographic-evaluation-pause-a-guided-approach-to-perioperative-bedside-ultrasound
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REVIEW
Adam C Adler, William J Greeley, Frederick Conlin, Jeffrey M Feldman
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
April 2016: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26824809/point-of-care-ultrasonography-training-for-rural-family-medicine-residents-its-time-has-arrived
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Taft Micks, Andrew Smith, Mike Parsons, Tony Locke, Peter Rogers
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2016: Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26613650/thoracic-ultrasound-potential-new-tool-for-physiotherapists-in-respiratory-management-a-narrative-review
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REVIEW
Aymeric Le Neindre, Silvia Mongodi, François Philippart, Bélaïd Bouhemad
The use of diagnostic ultrasound by physiotherapists is not a new concept; it is frequently performed in musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Physiotherapists currently lack accurate, reliable, sensitive, and valid measurements for the assessment of the indications and effectiveness of chest physiotherapy. Thoracic ultrasound may be a promising tool for the physiotherapist and could be routinely performed at patients' bedsides to provide real-time and accurate information on the status of pleura, lungs, and diaphragm; this would allow for assessment of lung aeration from interstitial syndrome to lung consolidation with much better accuracy than chest x-rays or auscultation...
February 2016: Journal of Critical Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26507695/accuracy-of-spleen-measurement-by-medical-residents-using-hand-carried-ultrasound
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shane Arishenkoff, Christopher Eddy, J Mark Roberts, Luke Chen, Silvia Chang, Parvathy Nair, Rose Hatala, Kevin W Eva, Graydon S Meneilly
OBJECTIVES: Easily palpable splenomegaly can be identified on physical examination, but it is difficult to detect lesser degrees of splenomegaly. Rapid bedside assessment can be conducted with hand-carried ultrasound. We performed this study to determine whether medical residents could reliably assess spleen size using hand-carried ultrasound after a brief educational intervention. METHODS: Postgraduate year 1 internal medicine residents were shown a brief (45-minute) presentation on ultrasound basics, the use of hand-carried ultrasound, and principles of splenic ultrasound imaging...
December 2015: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine: Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26457155/longitudinal-ultrasound-curriculum-improves-long-term-retention-among-internal-medicine-residents
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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Diana J Kelm, John T Ratelle, Nabeel Azeem, Sara L Bonnes, Andrew J Halvorsen, Amy S Oxentenko, Anjali Bhagra
BACKGROUND: Point-of-care ultrasound is a rapidly evolving component of internal medicine (IM) residency training. The optimal approach for teaching this skill remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether the addition of a longitudinal ultrasound curriculum to a stand-alone workshop for ultrasound training improved knowledge retention in IM residents. METHODS: We conducted an observational cohort study from July to December 2013...
September 2015: Journal of Graduate Medical Education
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26450846/economic-analysis-of-bedside-ultrasonography-us-implementation-in-an-internal-medicine-department
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Americo Testa, Andrea Francesconi, Rosangela Giannuzzi, Silvia Berardi, Paolo Sbraccia
The economic crisis, the growing healthcare demand, and Defensive Medicine wastefulness, strongly recommend the restructuring of the entire medical network. New health technology, such as bedside ultrasonography, might successfully integrate the clinical approach optimizing the use of limited resources, especially in a person-oriented vision of medicine. Bedside ultrasonography is a safe and reliable technique, with worldwide expanding employment in various clinical settings, being considered as "the stethoscope of the 21st century"...
December 2015: Internal and Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26179460/internal-medicine-point-of-care-ultrasound-assessment-of-left-ventricular-function-correlates-with-formal-echocardiography
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Benjamin K Johnson, David M Tierney, Terry K Rosborough, Kevin M Harris, Marc C Newell
PURPOSE: Although focused cardiac ultrasonographic (FoCUS) examination has been evaluated in emergency departments and intensive care units with good correlation to formal echocardiography, accuracy for the assessment of left ventricular systolic function (LVSF) when performed by internal medicine physicians still needs independent evaluation. METHODS: This prospective observational study in a 640-bed, academic, quaternary care center, included 178 inpatients examined by 10 internal medicine physicians who had completed our internal medicine bedside ultrasound training program...
February 2016: Journal of Clinical Ultrasound: JCU
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25911457/impact-of-point-of-care-ultrasound-training-on-surgical-residents-confidence
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Meera Kotagal, Elina Quiroga, Benjamin J Ruffatto, Adeyinka A Adedipe, Brandon H Backlund, Robert Nathan, Anthony Roche, Dana Sajed, Sachita Shah
OBJECTIVE: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a vital tool for diagnosis and management of critically ill patients, particularly in resource-limited settings where access to diagnostic imaging may be constrained. We aimed to develop a novel POCUS training curriculum for surgical practice in the United States and in resource-limited settings in low- and middle-income countries and to determine its effect on surgical resident self-assessments of efficacy and confidence. DESIGN: We conducted an observational cohort study evaluating a POCUS training course that comprised 7 sessions of 2 hours each with didactics and proctored skills stations covering ultrasound applications for trauma (Focused Assessement with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) examination), obstetrics, vascular, soft tissue, regional anesthesia, focused echocardiography, and ultrasound guidance for procedures...
2015: Journal of Surgical Education
https://read.qxmd.com/read/25865022/incremental-value-of-pocket-sized-echocardiography-in-addition-to-physical-examination-during-inpatient-cardiology-evaluation-a-multicenter-italian-study-siec
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MULTICENTER STUDY
Vitantonio Di Bello, Salvatore La Carrubba, Lorenzo Conte, Iacopo Fabiani, Alfredo Posteraro, Francesco Antonini-Canterin, Valentina Barletta, Irene Nicastro, Egidio Mariotti, Sergio Severino, Pio Caso, Frank Benedetto, Ketty Savino, Scipione Carerj
BACKGROUND: We prospectively assessed the incremental value of a pocket-sized echocardiography (PSE) device during cardiology consultations, in addition to physical examination, ECG reading, and chest x-ray. METHODS: A total of 443 consecutive patients (53% men), referred for bedside consultations, underwent physical examination, ECG, and CXR, followed by PSE examination. The physician completed a detailed questionnaire (clinical and echocardiographic data, scanning time, abnormal results)...
October 2015: Echocardiography
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