Symptom-Based Ultrasonography

摘要

INTRODUCTION: The use of point-of-care (POC) ultrasonography as a rapid assessment tool has been adopted in emergency departments (EDs), inpatient units, critical care bays, and outpatient settings. Ultrasonography has numerous advantages: it is noninvasive, portable, does not carry the risk of ionizing radiation, and can be performed rapidly at a patient's bedside. In this article, algorithms are proposed for a symptom-based approach to the use of ultrasonography in the evaluation of patients presenting with dyspnea, chest pain, and abdominal pain.