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Emergency physician–performed bedside ultrasound of pyomyositis

Point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) is an indispensable tool for emergency physicians in the rapid bedside diagnosis of skin and soft tissue infections. The utility of POCUS for the differentiation of cellulitis and subcutaneous abscess is well established; however, there is a paucity of studies highli...

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Autores principales: Al‐Marzoog, Ali, Cabrera, Gabriel, Kalivoda, Eric J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7990081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33778805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12394
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description Point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) is an indispensable tool for emergency physicians in the rapid bedside diagnosis of skin and soft tissue infections. The utility of POCUS for the differentiation of cellulitis and subcutaneous abscess is well established; however, there is a paucity of studies highlighting POCUS as a first‐line imaging approach for pyomyositis, an uncommon skeletal muscle infection and/or intramuscular abscess formation requiring emergent diagnosis. This report describes a case in which emergency physician–performed POCUS led to the early detection and timely management of pyomyositis in the emergency department.
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spelling pubmed-79900812021-03-25 Emergency physician–performed bedside ultrasound of pyomyositis Al‐Marzoog, Ali Cabrera, Gabriel Kalivoda, Eric J. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open Imaging Point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) is an indispensable tool for emergency physicians in the rapid bedside diagnosis of skin and soft tissue infections. The utility of POCUS for the differentiation of cellulitis and subcutaneous abscess is well established; however, there is a paucity of studies highlighting POCUS as a first‐line imaging approach for pyomyositis, an uncommon skeletal muscle infection and/or intramuscular abscess formation requiring emergent diagnosis. This report describes a case in which emergency physician–performed POCUS led to the early detection and timely management of pyomyositis in the emergency department. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7990081/ /pubmed/33778805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12394 Text en © 2021 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Emergency Physicians This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Al‐Marzoog, Ali
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7990081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33778805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12394
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