Use of ultrasound to diagnose and manage a five-liter empyema in a rural clinic in sierra leone.

Masashi Rotte, Jason Matthew Fields, Sergio Torres, Christa Dominick, J Daniel Kelly

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Article in Case reports in emergency medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Masashi RotteDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Room 239, 1020 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6088-4248

Jason Matthew FieldsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Room 239, 1020 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

Sergio TorresDepartment of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Suite 1100.D, 6620 Main Street, BCM 620, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5130-7174

Christa DominickJefferson Medical College, Room 239, 1020 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6732-5876

J Daniel KellyWellbody Alliance, 100 Doma Street, Koidu, Kono District, Sierra Leone ; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-380, San Francisco, CA 94131, USA.

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Abstract

We report the case of a dyspneic patient with a five-liter pleural empyema that was diagnosed and managed in a resource-limited clinic in a rural part of Sierra Leone. The diagnosis and management of this condition are usually guided by imaging modalities such as X-rays or CT scans. However, these resources may not be available in austere settings in developing countries. Because emergency physicians work in a variety of clinical settings, they should be well versed in the use of portable ultrasound machines to diagnose, treat, and manage many different conditions.

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PMID25050185

DOI10.1155/2014/173810

PMCPMC4090470

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