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- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is crucial for emergency doctors to quickly diagnose skin and soft tissue infections at the bedside.
- While POCUS is commonly used to distinguish between cellulitis and abscesses, its effectiveness for identifying pyomyositis (a rare muscle infection) is less studied.
- This report details a case where an emergency physician used POCUS, successfully detecting and managing pyomyositis promptly in the emergency department.
Article Abstract
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an indispensable tool for emergency physicians in the rapid bedside diagnosis of skin and soft tissue infections. The utility of POCUS for the differentiation of cellulitis and subcutaneous abscess is well established; however, there is a paucity of studies highlighting POCUS as a first-line imaging approach for pyomyositis, an uncommon skeletal muscle infection and/or intramuscular abscess formation requiring emergent diagnosis. This report describes a case in which emergency physician-performed POCUS led to the early detection and timely management of pyomyositis in the emergency department.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7990081 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12394 | DOI Listing |
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