Objective The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of point-of-care ultrasound( POCUS) in assessm ent of patients with dyspnea in Rapid Response Team( RRT)consultation. 53 patients were included and their pre...Objective The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of point-of-care ultrasound( POCUS) in assessm ent of patients with dyspnea in Rapid Response Team( RRT)consultation. 53 patients were included and their pre-POCUS, post-POCUS and final diagnoses were docum ented. Com pared with pre-POCUS diagnoses,the accuracy of postPOCUS diagnoses increased significantly from 37.7% up to 79.2%,P<0.01( final diagnoses as golden standard). When stratified by etiology, we can see that POCUS im proved the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in m ost of the diseases. But still there were 11 patients in whom POCUS fail to diagnose. And in those POCUS-fail group the m ortality seem ed higher than in POCUS achieved group. In conclusion POCUS is a convenient and useful diagnostic tool which can im prove the diagnostic accuracy of patients with sudden onset of dyspnea in RRT consultation.展开更多
文摘Objective The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of point-of-care ultrasound( POCUS) in assessm ent of patients with dyspnea in Rapid Response Team( RRT)consultation. 53 patients were included and their pre-POCUS, post-POCUS and final diagnoses were docum ented. Com pared with pre-POCUS diagnoses,the accuracy of postPOCUS diagnoses increased significantly from 37.7% up to 79.2%,P<0.01( final diagnoses as golden standard). When stratified by etiology, we can see that POCUS im proved the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in m ost of the diseases. But still there were 11 patients in whom POCUS fail to diagnose. And in those POCUS-fail group the m ortality seem ed higher than in POCUS achieved group. In conclusion POCUS is a convenient and useful diagnostic tool which can im prove the diagnostic accuracy of patients with sudden onset of dyspnea in RRT consultation.
