1016-152 Rebirth of bedside cardiovascular examination using hand-carried ultrasound

Comparison of effectiveness of hand-carried ultrasound to bedside cardiovascular physical examination.

This study compared the accuracy of cardiovascular diagnoses by medical students operating a small hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) device with that of board-certified cardiologists using standard physical examinations. Sixty-one patients (38% women; mean age 70 +/- 19 years) with clinically significant cardiac disease had HCU studies performed by 1 of 2 medical students with 18 hours of training ...

Hand-carried ultrasound performed at bedside in cardiology inpatient setting – a comparative study with comprehensive echocardiography

BACKGROUND Hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) devices have been demonstrated to improve the diagnosis of cardiac diseases over physical examination, and have the potential to broaden the versatility in ultrasound application. The role of these devices in the assessment of hospitalized patients is not completely established. In this study we sought to perform a direct comparison between bedside evalu...

Hand-carried ultrasound use in clinical nephrology

BACKGROUND Correctly assessing and managing volume status are critical elements of daily care for patients managed by nephrologists. However, intravascular volume is difficult to assess by physical examination alone. METHODS We present vignettes illustrating the potential for using hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) to improve volume assessment in common clinical scenarios faced by the renal consu...

Ultrasound for internists: changing bedside examination.

CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE Evaluation of a hand carried cardiac ultrasound device in an outpatient cardiology clinic

Objective: To determine the diagnostic potential of a hand carried cardiac ultrasound (HCU) device (OptiGo, Philips Medical Systems) in a cardiology outpatient clinic and to compare the HCU diagnosis with the clinical diagnosis and diagnosis with a full featured standard echocardiography (SE) system. Methods: 300 consecutive patients took part in the study. The HCU examination was performed by ...