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Published in: Critical Care 6/2012

01-12-2012 | Letter

Is pocket ultrasound ready for prime time?

Author: Benjamin T Galen

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 6/2012

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Excerpt

The recent trial by Biais and colleagues adds to a growing body of literature supporting point-of-care ultrasound in the critical care setting [1]. The authors demonstrate that, in the hands of two expert users, a newer pocket-sized device was comparable with conventional ultrasound machines for several key echocardiographic parameters. Clearly in the right hands, the Vscan™ (GE Healthcare, Wauwatosa, WI, USA) is a promising tool, but we must be cautious not to extrapolate these data to non-expert users. …
Literature
1.
Biais M, Carrie C, Delaunay F, Morel N, Revel P, Janvier G: Evaluation of a new pocket echoscopic device for focused cardiac ultrasonography in an emergency setting. Crit Care 2012, 16: R82. 10.1186/cc11340PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
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Hoppmann R, Rao V, Poston MB, Howe DB, Hunt PS, Fowler SD, Paulman LE, Wells JR, Richeson NA, Catalana PV, Thomas LK, Britt Wilson L, Cook T, Riffle S, Neuffer FH, McCallum JB, Keisler BD, Brown RS, Gregg AR, Sims KM, Powell CK, Garber MD, Morrison JE, Owens WB, Carnevale KA, Jennings WR, Fletcher S: An integrated ultrasound curriculum (iUSC) for medical students: 4-year experience. Crit Ultrasound J 2011, 3: 1-12. 10.1007/s13089-011-0052-9PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Is pocket ultrasound ready for prime time?
Author
Benjamin T Galen
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 6/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc11827

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