Paediatrics Publications
Title
The Role of Point of Care Ultrasound in the Injured Paediatric Patient
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Journal
Current Pediatric Reviews
Volume
14
Issue
1
First Page
41
Last Page
47
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.2174/1573396314666180202102853
Abstract
The focus of this review is to examine the current state of paediatric Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the injured patient. POCUS has become useful across various medical specialties owing to its ease of use, reproducibility and non-ionizing qualities. Point of care ultrasound has advanced over the past years and has proven to be an extremely useful adjunct in the injured child. Discussion will center around the challenges on when and how to best utilize POCUS. This includes but is not limited to: detection of peritoneal free fluid, pneumothoraces, hemothoraces, pericardial effusions, a wide array of fractures, lung contusions and many other applications. Discussion will also be focused on the evolution of POCUS, as well as a discussion around the determination of training standards.
Notes
Article available at Current Pediatric Reviews, Vol. 14(1).
https://doi.org/10.2174/1573396314666180202102853