[ChatGPT in clinical practice: prospects and challenges].

Virtually unknown to the greater public before November 2022, ChatGPT was made available in open access in Autumn 2022, driving the perspective of artificial intelligence integration to the forefront of daily life. The field of medicine hasn't been left aside, and sparks as much interest as it does questions. Although this tool has considerable potential for use in clinical practice, it, like others, has limitations that need to be clearly understood to avoid misuse.

[Point-of-care ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel occlusion: practical implications for emergency and primary care use].

Point-of-care ultrasound is a diagnostic tool that is gaining increasingly more ground in general and emergency practice; it allows the clinician to answer certain precise questions, including the presence of a small bowel occlusion. For this indication, ultrasound is useful in rapidly establishing a diagnosis and planning further work up.

[Inappropriate red blood cells transfusion].

International guidelines suggest that a liberal transfusion policy is not only unnecessary but can also prove harmful in certain situations. Blood transfusion is a costly act involving risks of infection, allergic and hemodynamic. Optimizing the use of this scarce and expensive resource becomes necessary.