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Published in: Critical Care 5/2013

01-10-2013 | Letter

Learning to apply the pocket ultrasound device on the critically ill: comparing six 'quick-look' signs for quality and prognostic values during initial use by novices

Authors: Tuan V Mai, David J Shaw, Stanley A Amundson, Donna L Agan, Bruce J Kimura

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 5/2013

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Biais and colleagues [1] have shown that echocardiographers can adequately perform a three-viewcardiac examination in the emergency setting using a pocket ultrasound device (PUD).We have similarly noted that an evidence-based 'quick-look', cardiac limitedultrasound examination has diagnostic and prognostic value [2], can affect medical decision-making [3], and can be successfully taught to internal medicine residents [4]. As few data describe the learning curve of ultrasound imaging with PUDs,we observed the initial quality and prognostic value of six 'quick-look' signsobtained by residents learning to use the PUD. …
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Metadata
Title
Learning to apply the pocket ultrasound device on the critically ill: comparing six 'quick-look' signs for quality and prognostic values during initial use by novices
Authors
Tuan V Mai
David J Shaw
Stanley A Amundson
Donna L Agan
Bruce J Kimura
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 5/2013
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc12875

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