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Detection of soft tissue foreign bodies by nurse practitioner-performed ultrasound

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of emergency nurse practitioner (NP)-performed point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for the detection of soft tissue foreign bodies (FBs). METHODS: Following a 2-h training session, ten NPs were assessed on their ability to detect various FBs in an e...

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Autores principales: Atkinson, Paul, Madan, Rajeev, Kendall, Richard, Fraser, Jacqueline, Lewis, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24476553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2036-7902-6-2