Diagnosis of Hand Infections in Intravenous Drug Users by Ultrasound and Water Bath: A Case Series

We present three cases of hand injury by intravenous drug users in which point-of-care ultrasound, using a specific water bath technique, was able to quickly and efficiently delineate severity of injury. This technique benefited these patients by allowing a painless assessment of their injury for so...

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Autores principales: DeAngelis, John, St. James, Erika, Lema, Penelope C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849232
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.36283
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description We present three cases of hand injury by intravenous drug users in which point-of-care ultrasound, using a specific water bath technique, was able to quickly and efficiently delineate severity of injury. This technique benefited these patients by allowing a painless assessment of their injury for soft tissue injury vs. abscess formation and allowed providers to determine at the bedside whether these patients required immediate surgical intervention.
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spelling pubmed-59651112018-05-30 Diagnosis of Hand Infections in Intravenous Drug Users by Ultrasound and Water Bath: A Case Series DeAngelis, John St. James, Erika Lema, Penelope C. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report We present three cases of hand injury by intravenous drug users in which point-of-care ultrasound, using a specific water bath technique, was able to quickly and efficiently delineate severity of injury. This technique benefited these patients by allowing a painless assessment of their injury for soft tissue injury vs. abscess formation and allowed providers to determine at the bedside whether these patients required immediate surgical intervention. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5965111/ /pubmed/29849232 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.1.36283 Text en © 2018 DeAngelis. 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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