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In emergency medicine, researchers are attempting to apply ultrasound for screening pediatric appendicitis, hoping to obviate the need for unnecessary radiation exposure from CT exams.
In one such study, presented at the recent American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Research Forum in Las Vegas, researchers from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center found 85% accuracy for bedside ultrasound exams performed by emergency medicine physicians.
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In other ultrasound articles featured in your Ultrasound Digital Community, check out coverage of a separate ACEP presentation that also found strong results from using ultrasound to screen for appendicitis in pediatric emergency rooms.
Also, find out why a research team from Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, believes that the current emergency ultrasound training guidelines might need revision.
And speaking of ultrasound education, researchers from the University of Missouri - Columbia believe they may have discovered why some sonography students learn to scan faster than others. To learn more, click here.
Also, French researchers have determined that contrast-enhanced ultrasound can help direct chemotherapy treatment. And emergency department physicians were judged capable of finding lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis using bedside two-point compression ultrasound.
In addition, a recent study found a low risk of serious complications from patients receiving ultrasound-guided interventional procedures.
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