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Implications and Approach to Incidental Findings in Live Ultrasound Models

INTRODUCTION: Incidental findings during ultrasound examinations occur frequently with live models in training sessions. Because of the broad scope of training sessions available, the ethics and guidelines of dealing with incidental findings in live models need to be discussed. METHODS: We provide a...

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Autores principales: Fox, J. Christian, Richardson, Andrew G, Lopez, Sarah, Solley, Matthew, Lotfipour, Shahram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22224140
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.2.2054
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author Fox, J. Christian
Richardson, Andrew G
Lopez, Sarah
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description INTRODUCTION: Incidental findings during ultrasound examinations occur frequently with live models in training sessions. Because of the broad scope of training sessions available, the ethics and guidelines of dealing with incidental findings in live models need to be discussed. METHODS: We provide a case of an endovaginal ultrasound that had significant unexpected findings. RESULTS: This report demonstrates an important finding uncovered during an endovaginal modeling session. CONCLUSION: Models should be notified beforehand of the possibility of an incidental finding, informed about it, made aware of potential associated costs, referred to another physician for follow-up, and provided a copy of the scans. A secure copy of the ultrasound scan should be stored for future reference.
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spelling pubmed-32361402012-01-05 Implications and Approach to Incidental Findings in Live Ultrasound Models Fox, J. Christian Richardson, Andrew G Lopez, Sarah Solley, Matthew Lotfipour, Shahram West J Emerg Med Ultrasound INTRODUCTION: Incidental findings during ultrasound examinations occur frequently with live models in training sessions. Because of the broad scope of training sessions available, the ethics and guidelines of dealing with incidental findings in live models need to be discussed. METHODS: We provide a case of an endovaginal ultrasound that had significant unexpected findings. RESULTS: This report demonstrates an important finding uncovered during an endovaginal modeling session. CONCLUSION: Models should be notified beforehand of the possibility of an incidental finding, informed about it, made aware of potential associated costs, referred to another physician for follow-up, and provided a copy of the scans. A secure copy of the ultrasound scan should be stored for future reference. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2011-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3236140/ /pubmed/22224140 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.2.2054 Text en the authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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title_short Implications and Approach to Incidental Findings in Live Ultrasound Models
title_sort implications and approach to incidental findings in live ultrasound models
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