Diagnostic performance of abdominal point of care ultrasound performed by an emergency physician in acute right iliac fossa pain.
Jean-Eudes BourcierEmeric GallardJean-Philippe RedonnetMagali MajourauDominique DeshaieJean-Marie BourgeoisDidier GarnierThomas GeeraertsPublished in: Critical ultrasound journal (2018)
Bedsides, ultrasound allows an accurate diagnosis of a surgical pathology in 89% of cases, which is more efficient than the clinical-laboratory examination.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- magnetic resonance imaging
- liver failure
- chronic pain
- primary care
- public health
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- respiratory failure
- ultrasound guided
- pain management
- healthcare
- neuropathic pain
- aortic dissection
- spinal cord injury
- spinal cord
- computed tomography
- hepatitis b virus
- mass spectrometry
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation