Open AccessBedside sonography by medicine residents in critically Ill patients: A retrospective study from a teaching hospital in India
Author(s) -
Manjit Mahendran,
Kartik Gupta,
Arvind Kumar,
Manasvini Bhatt,
Maroof Ahmad Khan,
Surabhi Vyas,
Ayush Goel,
Upendra Baitha,
Ranveer Singh Jadon,
Naveet Wig
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_379_19
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , critically ill , wilcoxon signed rank test , emergency medicine , acute medicine , focused assessment with sonography for trauma , ultrasonography , emergency department , radiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , blunt , abdominal trauma , mann–whitney u test , nursing
Ultrasonography has become the frontline diagnostic tool for emergency care because of its non-invasive nature and the feasibility to perform repeated quick assessments in sick patients. The effectiveness of this modality, when used by trainee doctors to take clinically important decisions in patients requiring emergency care, is not much explored. In this pilot study, we analyzed whether use of this technology by Medicine resident doctors can help in better decision making in acutely and critical ill patients.