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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 5/2015

01-10-2015 | Editorial

Modern sonology and the bedside practitioner: evolution of ultrasound from curious novelty to essential clinical tool

Authors: S. P. Stawicki, D. P. Bahner

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 5/2015

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Sonography-based clinical assessment continues to gain traction as an essential clinical tool throughout the world [1, 2]. In that context, it is critical to recognize the truly global effort to introduce, popularize, and further advance the use of sonography in everyday clinical practice across the planet [1, 3, 4]. Sonology, or the science of performing bedside ultrasound exam and the associated clinical interpretation, is now an established scientific discipline that empowers the bedside practitioner to not only acquire relevant anatomic images, but to analyze their meaning, and to determine the clinical course of action accordingly [5, 6]. More importantly, due to sonographic equipment miniaturization, sonologists are no longer restricted to the office or hospital settings, but can assist patients in a variety of prehospital, geographically remote and austere environments [7‐9]. …
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Metadata
Title
Modern sonology and the bedside practitioner: evolution of ultrasound from curious novelty to essential clinical tool
Authors
S. P. Stawicki
D. P. Bahner
Publication date
01-10-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 5/2015
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-014-0464-x

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