Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Pain Control of Sternal Fracture

In this case report, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was performed to diagnose a sternal fracture and to perform an ultrasound-guided hematoma block on an elderly patient through which excellent pain control was achieved. POCUS is a valuable tool in expediting the diagnosis of sternal fracture and...

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Autores principales: Masoudi, Aidin, Naraghi, Leily
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8980202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35399461
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22882
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description In this case report, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was performed to diagnose a sternal fracture and to perform an ultrasound-guided hematoma block on an elderly patient through which excellent pain control was achieved. POCUS is a valuable tool in expediting the diagnosis of sternal fracture and can be used to safely perform a hematoma block for pain control.
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spelling pubmed-89802022022-04-07 Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Pain Control of Sternal Fracture Masoudi, Aidin Naraghi, Leily Cureus Emergency Medicine In this case report, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was performed to diagnose a sternal fracture and to perform an ultrasound-guided hematoma block on an elderly patient through which excellent pain control was achieved. POCUS is a valuable tool in expediting the diagnosis of sternal fracture and can be used to safely perform a hematoma block for pain control. Cureus 2022-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8980202/ /pubmed/35399461 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22882 Text en Copyright © 2022, Masoudi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Pain Control of Sternal Fracture
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title_fullStr Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Pain Control of Sternal Fracture
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title_sort point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosis and pain control of sternal fracture
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8980202/
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