title: [Examination concepts and procedures in emergency ultrasonography].
abstract: As a point-of-care tool, emergency sonography has the potential to rule out or to confirm a diagnosis in the context to the leading symptom of critically ill persons. Extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (E-FAST) and focused echo entry level (FEEL) are examples of algorithms that have been developed for this purpose. Echoscopy is another form of point-of-care sonography that is used at the bedside. It helps to answer simple questions (yes/no) and allows follow-up examinations to be made with little effort. Point-of-care sonography does not compete with normal standardized sonography because it is not able to answer medical questions in a sophisticated manner.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Innere Medizin; Medizinische Klinik II, Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Onkologie und Stoffwechselkrankheiten, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Uhlandstr. 7, 97980, Bad Mergentheim, Deutschland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wastl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Helwig
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D000067716:Point-of-Care Testing; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy