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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Patient-rated level of discomfort during assessment with point-of-care ultrasonography
Authors:
Christian B Laursen, Erik Sloth, Annmarie T Lassen, Jess Lambrechtsen, Daniel P Henriksen, Finn Rasmussen
Published in:
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
This study aimed to assess the patient-rated level of discomfort during point-of-care ultrasonography of the heart, lungs, and deep veins in a population of patients admitted to an emergency department with respiratory symptoms and to what extent the patients would accept being assessed by the use of point-of-care ultrasonography if they had to be examined for possible disease. …