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Point‐of‐care hip ultrasound leads to expedited results in emergency department patients with suspected septic arthritis

BACKGROUND: The evaluation of septic hip arthritis often incorporates the utilization of hip ultrasonography to determine the presence of a hip joint effusion, as well as to guide arthrocentesis. Point‐of‐care (POC) hip ultrasound has previously been demonstrated to be accurate when performed by the...

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Autores principales: Thom, Christopher, Ahmed, Azhar, Kongkatong, Matthew, Moak, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7493574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33000078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12167