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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 27. Principles of Imaging > |
Chapter e299.4. Emergency Ultrasonography
Sections: Emergency Ultrasonography: Introduction, Emergent Indications, Urgent Indications, Acknowledgments, References.
Topics Discussed: emergency screening ultrasound examination; focused assessment with sonography for trauma examination.
Excerpt:"Applications for US in the ED setting continue to undergo rapid
growth, both in the U.S. and internationally. Clinicians who practice
in the ED, the critical-care setting, and other acute care settings
clearly recognize emergency bedside US's ability to improve
and expedite patient care. Emergent indications for ED US center
on detecting and screening for trauma or pneumothorax, cardiac arrest
states, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and ectopic pregnancy,
and assistance with vascular access. Urgent indications for ED US
include screening for biliary or renal disease and deep venous thrombosis
(DVT). US also may assist with the detection and drainage of soft
tissue abscesses. Numerous other applications for ED US—including
general surgical, testicular, ocular, and procedural guidance—are
available, but are beyond the scope of this chapter...."
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