Emergency department point-of-care ultrasonography improves time to pericardiocentesis for clinically significant effusions

Emergency department point-of-care ultrasonography improves time to pericardiocentesis for clinically significant effusions

Objective Our objective was to determine the utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to identify and guide treatment of tamponade or clinically significant pericardial effusions in the emergency department (ED). Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of non-trauma patients who were diagno...

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Main Authors: Evan Avraham Alpert, Uri Amit, Larisa Guranda, Rafea Mahagna, Shamai A. Grossman, Ariel Bentancur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2017-09-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
cardiac tamponade
ultrasonography
emergencies
Online Access:http://www.ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-16-169.pdf

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