摘要
BACKGROUND: The study aimed to compare the time to overall length of stay(LOS) for patients who underwent point-of-care ultrasound(POCUS) versus radiology department ultrasound(RDUS).METHODS: This was a prospective study on a convenience sample of patients who required pelvic ultrasound imaging as part of their emergency department(ED) assessment.RESULTS: We enrolled a total of 194 patients who were on average 32 years-old. Ninety-eight(51%) patients were pregnant(<20 weeks). Time to completion of RDUS was 66 minutes longer than POCUS(95%CI 60–73, P<0.01). Patients randomized to the RDUS arm experienced a 120 minute longer ED length of stay(LOS)(95%CI 66–173, P<0.01)CONCLUSION: In patients who require pelvic ultrasound as part of their diagnostic evaluation, POCUS resulted in a signifi cant decrease in time to ultrasound and ED LOS.
BACKGROUND： The study aimed to compare the time to overall length of stay （LOS） for patients who underwent point-of-care ultrasound （POCUS） versus radiology department ultrasound （RDUS）. METHODS： This was a prospective study on a convenience sample of patients who required pelvic ultrasound imaging as part of their emergency department （ED） assessment. RESULTS： We enrolled a total of 194 patients who were on average 32 years-old. Ninety-eight （51%） patients were pregnant （〈20 weeks）. Time to completion of RDUS was 66 minutes longer than POCUS （95%C/60-73, P〈0.01）. Patients randomized to the RDUS arm experienced a 120 minute longer ED length of stay （LOS） （95%C/66-173, P〈0.01） CONCLUSION： In patients who require pelvic ultrasound as part of their diagnostic evaluation POCUS resulted in a significant decrease in time to ultrasound and ED LOS.
