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Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis

Point-of-Care ultrasound (POCUS) is based on target ultrasound that is performed wherever a patient is being treated, and by a non-radiologist directly involved in the patient’s care. It is used either for quick diagnosis or procedural guidance. Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints in...

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Autores principales: Radonjić, Tijana, Popović, Maja, Zdravković, Marija, Jovanović, Igor, Popadić, Višeslav, Crnokrak, Bogdan, Klašnja, Slobodan, Mandić, Olga, Dukić, Marija, Branković, Marija
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9497677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36140454
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092052
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author Radonjić, Tijana
Popović, Maja
Zdravković, Marija
Jovanović, Igor
Popadić, Višeslav
Crnokrak, Bogdan
Klašnja, Slobodan
Mandić, Olga
Dukić, Marija
Branković, Marija
author_facet Radonjić, Tijana
Popović, Maja
Zdravković, Marija
Jovanović, Igor
Popadić, Višeslav
Crnokrak, Bogdan
Klašnja, Slobodan
Mandić, Olga
Dukić, Marija
Branković, Marija
author_sort Radonjić, Tijana
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description Point-of-Care ultrasound (POCUS) is based on target ultrasound that is performed wherever a patient is being treated, and by a non-radiologist directly involved in the patient’s care. It is used either for quick diagnosis or procedural guidance. Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints in emergency departments, and POCUS can help in the differentiation of patients who need additional diagnostic tests or hospital treatment, which eventually reduces the overall costs of health care. POCUS has high sensitivity and specificity in abdominal pathology, it can be helpful in the evaluation of biliary, intestinal, and urinary tract, and it is especially used in trauma. Additionally, the gold standard for abdominal aortic aneurysm detection, follow up and screening is precisely this diagnostic procedure. Unfortunately, the quality of ultrasound examination can be affected by the experience of the physician performing it and the patient’s body weight. There is no doubt that POCUS is being increasingly recognized, but all motivated physicians should be provided with dedicated tutors and enough time for learning. This would certainly help to implement this diagnostic method as a routine in emergency and critical care departments, and significantly shorten the time until definitive diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-94976772022-09-23 Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis Radonjić, Tijana Popović, Maja Zdravković, Marija Jovanović, Igor Popadić, Višeslav Crnokrak, Bogdan Klašnja, Slobodan Mandić, Olga Dukić, Marija Branković, Marija Diagnostics (Basel) Review Point-of-Care ultrasound (POCUS) is based on target ultrasound that is performed wherever a patient is being treated, and by a non-radiologist directly involved in the patient’s care. It is used either for quick diagnosis or procedural guidance. Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints in emergency departments, and POCUS can help in the differentiation of patients who need additional diagnostic tests or hospital treatment, which eventually reduces the overall costs of health care. POCUS has high sensitivity and specificity in abdominal pathology, it can be helpful in the evaluation of biliary, intestinal, and urinary tract, and it is especially used in trauma. Additionally, the gold standard for abdominal aortic aneurysm detection, follow up and screening is precisely this diagnostic procedure. Unfortunately, the quality of ultrasound examination can be affected by the experience of the physician performing it and the patient’s body weight. There is no doubt that POCUS is being increasingly recognized, but all motivated physicians should be provided with dedicated tutors and enough time for learning. This would certainly help to implement this diagnostic method as a routine in emergency and critical care departments, and significantly shorten the time until definitive diagnosis. MDPI 2022-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9497677/ /pubmed/36140454 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092052 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Radonjić, Tijana
Popović, Maja
Zdravković, Marija
Jovanović, Igor
Popadić, Višeslav
Crnokrak, Bogdan
Klašnja, Slobodan
Mandić, Olga
Dukić, Marija
Branković, Marija
Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis
title Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis
title_full Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis
title_fullStr Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis
title_short Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis
title_sort point-of-care abdominal ultrasonography (pocus) on the way to the right and rapid diagnosis
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9497677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36140454
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12092052
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