Comparison of Six Handheld Ultrasound Devices by Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Experts [PDF]
POCUS JournalBackground: Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) use is increasing among pediatric clinicians, but lack of access to ultrasound devices is a major barrier.
Stephanie K. Leung +11 more
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Handheld transabdominal ultrasound, after limited training, may confirm first trimester viable intrauterine pregnancy: a prospective cohort study [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2021 Objectives Handheld point-of-care abdominal ultrasound (POCUS) may be used by primary care physicians while vaginal ultrasound is limited to use in specialist care.
Judith Krossøy Pedersen +2 more
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Efficacy of Handheld Ultrasound in Medical Education: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Narrative Analysis [PDF]
Diagnostics, 2023 Miniaturization has made ultrasound (US) technology ultraportable and, in association with their relatively low cost, made handheld devices attractive for medical education training programs. However, performing an ultrasound requires complex skills, and
Mariam Haji-Hassan +2 more
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A valuable and affordable handheld ultrasound in combating COVID-19 [PDF]
Critical Care, 2020 The handheld ultrasound demonstrates clinical and economic value in combating COVID-19 based on interviews with frontline ultrasound physician and cardiologist as well as a national expert in medical ultrasound.
Feng Qian +4 more
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The Impact of a Handheld Ultrasound Device in a Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening Program in Ethiopia [PDF]
POCUS Journal, 2023 Background: Rheumatic heart disease affects 33 million people in low and middle income countries and is the leading cause of cardiovascular death among children and young adults.
Zach Kaltenborn +6 more
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Differences in ultrasound elevational beam width (slice thickness) between popular handheld devices
WFUMB Ultrasound Open, 2023 Background: Handheld ultrasound devices are increasingly used by medical professionals for bedside ultrasound-guided interventions. Especially for vascular access procedures, the width of the imaging plane, known as the slice thickness or elevational ...
Harm J. Scholten +5 more
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Use of a handheld ultrasound device for detecting orbital inflammation [PDF]
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case ReportsPurpose: Orbital inflammatory disease has been historically diagnosed with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Orbital ultrasound has served as a non-radiation alternative that has been successful at diagnosing many orbital ...
Aashka Damani +5 more
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Handheld ultrasound-assisted versus palpation-guided combined spinal-epidural for labor analgesia: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Preprocedural ultrasound assistance can enhance the efficacy of neuraxial anesthesia in obstetrics. We investigated whether the use of handheld ultrasound can shorten the procedural time of labor combined spinal-epidural (CSE) analgesia compared with ...
Jinyoung Bae +4 more
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Usefulness of handheld ultrasound devices in the assessment of abdominal pathology and comparison with high-end ultrasound devices [PDF]
The Ultrasound JournalBackground and objective The EFSUMB recommends the use of handheld ultrasound devices in many point-of-care cases, including primary care. However, it is necessary to continue training in conventional ultrasound examinations.
Ana Segura-Grau +5 more
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Performance evaluation of the TE Air wireless handheld ultrasound in cardiac applications: a prospective comparative study [PDF]
The Ultrasound JournalAim To evaluate the reliability and reproducibility of the TE Air wireless handheld ultrasound device in clinical cardiac imaging by comparing its performance with a high-end reference system.
Beibei Ge +12 more
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