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GENERAL MEDICINE/SYSTEMATIC REVIEW SNAPSHOT • Is Chest Ultrasonography Superior to Supine Chest Radiography in Identifying Pneumothorax in Emergency Department Trauma Patients?

In this clinical synopsis, the authors included 9 studies comprising 1,271 patients with 410 pneumothoraces from an initial 2,293 references. The median prevalence of traumatic pneumothorax was 30% (range 21% to 52%). The overall sensitivity of chest ultrasonography was 0.91......
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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN COVID-19 • The Predictive Role of Combined Cardiac and Lung Ultrasound in Coronavirus Disease 2019

Despite the recognition of the prognostic significance and clinical implications of the cardiac complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), both the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the American Society of Echocardiography recommend limiting the echocardiographic assessme...
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PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE • Ultrasound Evaluation of Gastric Emptying Time in Healthy Term Neonates after Formula Feeding

The current American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) fasting guideline for formula-fed infants in the periprocedural setting is 6 h before elective procedures requiring general anesthesia, regional anesthesia, or sedation/analgesia.......
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT REPORT • Improving the Documentation Quality of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scans in the Emergency Department

Point-of-care ultrasound scan (POCUS) has been incorporated a as a mandatory element of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)since 2010. All trainees must be signed off as competent in the four CORE clinical applications......
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