Lung ultrasound in COVID-19 pneumonia: correlations with chest CT on hospital admission

A Nouvenne, MD Zani, G Milanese, A Parise… - Respiration, 2020 - karger.com
Background: Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an accurate, safe, and cheap tool assisting in the
diagnosis of several acute respiratory diseases. The diagnostic value of LUS in the workup …

[HTML][HTML] Usefulness of multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound as a complement to the decision-making process in internal medicine

I Casado-López, Y Tung-Chen… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accumulated data show the utility of diagnostic multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound
(PoCUS) in the assessment of patients admitted to an internal medicine ward. We assessed …

Barriers to learning and performing point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS): An integrative review

J Resnyk, A Weichold - Journal of Professional Nursing, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable adjunct to traditional imaging
and physical exam. Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (AGACNPs) serve as …

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and its potential to advance patient care in low-resource settings and conflict zones

E Dana, ADM Nour, GA Kpa'Hanba… - Disaster Medicine and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is used by health care professionals of various specialties
worldwide, with excellent results demonstrating significant potential to advance patient care …

Ultrasonographic findings in patients with abdominal symptoms or trauma presenting to an emergency room in rural Tanzania

M Bauer, F Kitila, I Mwasongwe, IS Abdallah, E Siongo… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Frequencies of ultrasonographic findings and diagnoses in emergency
departments in sub-Saharan Africa are unknown. This study aimed to describe the …

Earlier point-of-care ultrasound, shorter length of stay in patients with acute flank pain

PH Wang, JY Chen, DA Ling, AF Lee, YC Ko… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background The effects of early integration of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) into patient
care are uncertain. This study aims to investigate the effects of early PoCUS on patients with …

The role of ultrasound as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool in experimental animal models of stroke: a review

MC Gómez-de Frutos, F Laso-García, I García-Suárez… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ultrasound is a noninvasive technique that provides real-time imaging with excellent
resolution, and several studies demonstrated the potential of ultrasound in acute ischemic …

Utility of ultrasound in the diagnostic work-up of suspected pulmonary embolism: an open-label multicentre randomized controlled trial (the PRIME study)

C Falster, MD Mørkenborg, M Thrane… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients referred to diagnostic
imaging is decreasing, indicating a need for improving patient selection. The aim of this …

The impact of prehospital point of care ultrasounds on emergency patients length of stay in Thailand

K Ienghong, LW Cheung, S Tiamkao… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Globally, emergency departments (ED) are faced with an overcrowding problem.
This issue is further compounded due to the multitude of contributing factors. Point of Care …

Evolution of respiratory muscles thickness in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19

ME Haaksma, JM Smit, R Kramer, MLA Heldeweg… - Respiratory …, 2022 - rc.rcjournal.com
BACKGROUND: Given the long ventilation times of patients with COVID-19 that can cause
atrophy and contractile weakness of respiratory muscle fibers, assessment of changes at the …