Emergency medicine physicians saving time with ultrasound.
In an attempt to provide comprehensive and timely patient care, emergency physicians have begun to use ultrasonography to perform and interpret goal-oriented examinations. Reducing time to diagnosis can potentially have a major impact on the treatment of patients with ruptured ectopic pregnancy, leaking aortic aneurysm, and cardiac tamponade, who require time-sensitive surgical intervention. A review of three cases reveals how ultrasonography performed by emergency physicians can rapidly provide valuable diagnostic information and expedite patient care in three different clinical scenarios.
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Martin Luther King Trauma and Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90059, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004630:Emergencies; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D017748:Time Management; D014463:Ultrasonography