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- Emergency ultrasound is a quick, bedside tool used to answer specific clinical questions in emergency situations, expanding significantly in use over the past 25 years.
- It is particularly beneficial for pediatric patients since it avoids exposing them to harmful ionizing radiation, which is a risk with other imaging techniques like CT scans.
- The supplement highlights common scenarios where point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can assist in diagnosing pediatric trauma, referencing both pediatric studies and relevant adult data due to a lack of pediatric-specific research.
Article Abstract
Emergency ultrasound is performed at the point of care to quickly answer focused clinical questions. Over the last 25 years, the use of this technique has expanded rapidly. The use of emergency ultrasound in the pediatric setting is increasing because it does not expose the patient to ionizing radiation, as compared to computed tomography. Utilizing diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound for pediatric trauma patients in the emergency department can facilitate diagnosis at the bedside rather than sending the patient out of the department for another study. This supplement focuses on some of the common indications for diagnostic POCUS that may be useful in the setting of trauma, as found in the pediatric literature, or extrapolated from adult literature where pediatric evidence is scarce.
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