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Triple POCUS: A New Approach to an Old Problem

Author(s) -

Rafael Silva,

Diana Gonçalves,

João Pina Cabral,

Bráulio Gomes,

Jorge Teixeira,

José Mariz

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

european journal of case reports in internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125

H-Index - 1

ISSN - 2284-2594

DOI - 10.12890/2018_000938

Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , presentation (obstetrics) , thrombus , radiology , deep vein , pulmonary angiography , venous thrombosis , popliteal vein , computed tomographic , computed tomographic angiography , ultrasonography , thrombosis , computed tomography angiography , vein , angiography , computed tomography , surgery

In a patient with suspected pulmonary embolism, the best diagnostic strategy is to combine clinical assessment, plasma D-dimer measurement and computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA).Triple point-of-care ultrasonography of the lung, heart and leg veins may improve clinical assessment of pulmonary embolism if CTPA is unavailable or contraindicated.Point-of-care ultrasonography should be incorporated as the fifth pillar of the physical examination.

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