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ArticleBMC nephrology2019

Point-of-care ultrasound in Management for Dyspneic Uremic Patients: a case report.

Pei-Hsiu Wang, Wan-Ching Lien

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pei-Hsiu WangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, |No.7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.
Wan-Ching LienDepartment of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, |No.7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan. wanchinglien@ntu.edu.tw.ORCID 0000-0001-9448-5093
National Taiwan University Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPoint-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) is considered as an extension of clinicians' patient care and can be integrated into daily clinical practice. Dyspnea is a common presentation in uremic patients. With the aids of PoCUS and integrated assessments of lung, heart and inferior vena cava (IVC), the etiology of dyspnea in uremic patients can be determined earlier. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old woman presented with progressive shortness of breath and bilateral legs edema for 3 weeks. The laboratory data revealed marked elevated level of serum creatinine and blood urea. A large amount of pericardial effusion was timely detected by PoCUS. Uremic pericarditis was suspected. Emergent hemodialysis was initiated and her symptoms improved.

conclusionsPoCUS is a noninvasive and cost-effective imaging modality and it has been popular in the emergency department (ED). In uremic patients presenting with dyspnea, the integration of PoCUS into traditional physical examinations help emergency physicians narrow down the differential diagnoses.

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Disease ManagementPoint-of-Care SystemsAgedDyspneaElectrocardiographyFemaleHumansUltrasonography, InterventionalUremiaPericardial effusionPoint-of-care ultrasoundUremiaUremic pericarditis

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PMID31830919
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