The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Cancer (FASC) Examination

Malignant effusions occur frequently in patients with cancer and are important to diagnose and treat. In this report, we describe a novel point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) protocol to rapidly identify pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and ascites: The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Cance...

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Autores principales: Nauka, Peter C, Galen, Benjamin T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2020
Materias:
Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9979872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36896442
http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v5i2.14428
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Sumario:Malignant effusions occur frequently in patients with cancer and are important to diagnose and treat. In this report, we describe a novel point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) protocol to rapidly identify pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and ascites: The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Cancer (FASC). This protocol utilizes six standard sonographic positions to identify the presence of fluid in common anatomic spaces. The FASC examination is intended for widespread use by oncologists and other clinicians who treat patients with cancer.

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