Hand-carried Ultrasound Performed by Hospitalists: Does It Improve the...
Adding hand-carried ultrasound information to the physician’s physical examination increases the accuracy of hospitalists’ assessment of left ventricular dysfunction, cardiomegaly, and pericardial...
View ArticleShould a Hand-carried Ultrasound Machine Become Standard Equipment for Every...
It has been many decades since any new piece of equipment found its way into the internist’s black bag. The stethoscope, neurologic hammer, otoscope, and ophthalmoscope have been there for...
View ArticlePrimary Care Management of Skin Abscesses Guided by Ultrasound
Primary care providers often manage skin abscesses in the outpatient setting. Estimating the size and depth of an abscess, and distinguishing abscess from cellulitis by clinical examination can be...
View ArticleSubcutaneous Lesion in an Oncologic Patient
A 40-year-old Caucasian woman presented to our university hospital after she noticed a mass in the right supraclavicular area. The lump was easily palpable, sized 1-1.5 cm, firm, and rather immovable,...
View ArticlePoint-of-Care Ultrasound for the Assessment of Digital Clubbing
Digital clubbing, a resultant finding from the proliferation of connective tissue in the terminal portion of fingers or toes, has long been recognized as a sign for a number of underlying infectious,...
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