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A case of ingested water beads diagnosed with point-of-care ultrasound [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2020 A previously healthy 12-month-old girl presented to the emergency department with vomiting of water beads (superabsorbent polymer). The girl did not have clinical or radiographic signs of residual foreign bodies or intestinal obstruction.
Hye Bo Kim +5 more
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A Handheld Point-of-Care Genomic Diagnostic System
PLoS ONE, 2013 The rapid detection and identification of infectious disease pathogens is a critical need for healthcare in both developed and developing countries. As we gain more insight into the genomic basis of pathogen infectivity and drug resistance, point-of-care nucleic acid testing will likely become an important tool for global health.
Frank B, Myers +4 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019 Background Time-saving is constantly sought after in the Emergency Department (ED), and Point-of-Care (POC) testing has been shown to be an effective time-saving intervention.
Lara Nicole Goldstein +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 Background: Inpatient hyperglycemia is associated with poor prognosis and increased hospitalization expenses. China has a large population of inpatients with hyperglycemia, but their glucose monitoring states (including preprandial, postprandial and ...
Xiaoyang Sun +11 more
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound and the Rapid Response System
Global Heart, 2013 Over the years, the use of ultrasound has moved solely from the domain of the radiologist to that of the intensivist and emergentologist for use in acute care settings. By virtue of its ease of use and rapid learning curve to proficiency, we are now seeing an increased desire by internists to learn the modality and apply it at the patient's bedside ...
Bret P. Nelson +7 more
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Children, 2020 Background: Childhood obesity is associated with dyslipidemia, fatty liver disease, and type 2 diabetes. Expert guidelines recommend screening for these conditions in children with obesity.
Tara K. Kaufman +7 more
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Point-of-care ultrasound may reduce emergency department length of stay in children with nonspecific manifestations of intussusception [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2016 Purpose To investigate whether performance of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can reduce emergency department length of stay (EDLOS) for children with nonspecific manifestations of intussusception (NMI), defined as 2 or less manifestations of the ...
Sung Min Han +2 more
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Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2021 Background and Aims: Appropriate volume assessment and fluid management can prevent maternal deaths in the severely pre-eclamptic (SPE) parturients. We planned a systematic review and meta-analysis (MA) to evaluate the role and ability of point-of-care ...
Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa +4 more
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Point-of-Care PCR Assays for COVID-19 Detection
Biosensors, 2021 Molecular diagnostics has been the front runner in the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and the quantitative variant (qRT-PCR) have been the gold standard for COVID-19 ...
Niharika Gupta +7 more
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2020 Point-of-care testing has always been an attractive modality to quickly confirm diagnosis in the emergency department (ED). This attribute is highly valuable during the current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by Severe Acute ...
Phee Kheng Cheah +6 more
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