The availability of ultra-miniaturized pocket ultrasound devices (PUD) adds diagnostic power to the clinical examination. Information on accuracy of ultrasound with handheld units in immediate differential diagnosis in emergency department (ED) is poor. The aim of this study is to test the usefulness and accuracy of lung ultrasound (LUS) alone or combined with ultrasound of the heart and inferior vena cava (IVC) using a PUD for the differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea (AD).

Diagnostic performance of multi-organ ultrasound with pocket-sized device in the management of acute dyspnea / Sforza, Alfonso; Mancusi, Costantino; Carlino, Maria Viviana; Buonauro, Agostino; Barozzi, Marco; Romano, Giuseppe; Serra, Sossio; DE SIMONE, Giovanni. - In: CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND. - ISSN 1476-7120. - 15:1(2017), p. 16. [10.1186/s12947-017-0105-8]

Diagnostic performance of multi-organ ultrasound with pocket-sized device in the management of acute dyspnea

MANCUSI, COSTANTINO;DE SIMONE, GIOVANNI
2017

Abstract

The availability of ultra-miniaturized pocket ultrasound devices (PUD) adds diagnostic power to the clinical examination. Information on accuracy of ultrasound with handheld units in immediate differential diagnosis in emergency department (ED) is poor. The aim of this study is to test the usefulness and accuracy of lung ultrasound (LUS) alone or combined with ultrasound of the heart and inferior vena cava (IVC) using a PUD for the differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea (AD).
2017
Diagnostic performance of multi-organ ultrasound with pocket-sized device in the management of acute dyspnea / Sforza, Alfonso; Mancusi, Costantino; Carlino, Maria Viviana; Buonauro, Agostino; Barozzi, Marco; Romano, Giuseppe; Serra, Sossio; DE SIMONE, Giovanni. - In: CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND. - ISSN 1476-7120. - 15:1(2017), p. 16. [10.1186/s12947-017-0105-8]
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