Appropriate Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Patients With Acute Dyspnea in Emergency Department or Inpatient Settings: A Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians.
Amir QaseemItziar Etxeandia-IkobaltzetaReem A MustafaDevan KansagaraNick FittermanTimothy J Wiltnull nullPelin BaturThomas G CooneyCarolyn J CrandallLauri A HicksJennifer S LinMichael MarotoJeffrey TiceJanice E TufteSandeep VijanJohn W WilliamsPublished in: Annals of internal medicine (2021)
ACP suggests that clinicians may use point-of-care ultrasonography in addition to the standard diagnostic pathway when there is diagnostic uncertainty in patients with acute dyspnea in emergency department or inpatient settings (conditional recommendation; low-certainty evidence).