title: Portable bedside ultrasound: the visual stethoscope of the 21st century.
abstract: Over the past decade technological advances in the realm of ultrasound have allowed what was once a cumbersome and large machine to become essentially hand-held. This coupled with a greater understanding of lung sonography has revolutionized our bedside assessment of patients. Using ultrasound not as a diagnostic test, but instead as a component of the physical exam, may allow it to become the stethoscope of the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Z3053 - 409 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2H 2A6, Canada. gillmanlm@yahoo.ca
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gillman
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000639:trends*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends*