Bedside Ultrasound Identification of Infectious Flexor Tenosynovitis in the Emergency Department

Infectious flexor tenosynovitis (FTS) is a serious infection of the hand and wrist that can lead to necrosis and amputation without prompt diagnosis and surgical debridement. Despite the growing use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by emergency physicians there is only one reported case of the us...

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Autores principales: Padrez, Kevin, Bress, Jennifer, Johnson, Brian, Nagdev, Arun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2015
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Technology In Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834667
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.1.24474
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description Infectious flexor tenosynovitis (FTS) is a serious infection of the hand and wrist that can lead to necrosis and amputation without prompt diagnosis and surgical debridement. Despite the growing use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by emergency physicians there is only one reported case of the use of POCUS for the diagnosis of infectious FTS in the emergency department setting. We present a case of a 58 year-old man where POCUS identified tissue necrosis and fluid along the flexor tendon sheath of the hand. Subsequent surgical pathology confirmed the diagnosis of infectious FTS.
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spelling pubmed-43803762015-04-01 Bedside Ultrasound Identification of Infectious Flexor Tenosynovitis in the Emergency Department Padrez, Kevin Bress, Jennifer Johnson, Brian Nagdev, Arun West J Emerg Med Technology In Emergency Medicine Infectious flexor tenosynovitis (FTS) is a serious infection of the hand and wrist that can lead to necrosis and amputation without prompt diagnosis and surgical debridement. Despite the growing use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by emergency physicians there is only one reported case of the use of POCUS for the diagnosis of infectious FTS in the emergency department setting. We present a case of a 58 year-old man where POCUS identified tissue necrosis and fluid along the flexor tendon sheath of the hand. Subsequent surgical pathology confirmed the diagnosis of infectious FTS. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2015-03 2015-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4380376/ /pubmed/25834667 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.1.24474 Text en Copyright © 2015 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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/4.0/.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380376/
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