ReviewCurrent emergency and hospital medicine reports2021
The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in Emergency Medicine.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Ultrasonography in disaster medicine: a narrative review.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- Applying a portable pocket handheld ultrasound scanner to monitor tumor volume in preclinical studies.Medical physics · 2026Article
- Innovation, Technology, and Telemedicine in Critical Care.Critical care clinics · 2026Review
- Paradigm shift: from pulmonary vasodilation to cardiopulmonary dual-track therapy-a comprehensive review of pathophysiology and advances in pulmonary hypertension-associated right heart failure.Respiratory research · 2026Review
- Optimizing transducer choice for the detection of alveolar-interstitial syndrome in dogs and cats: an evidence-based review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Review
- Performance of POCUS for Pregnancy Evaluation using a Non-Piezoelectric Ultrasound Device in the Emergency Department.POCUS journal · 2025Article
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- ChatGPT-4-Driven Liver Ultrasound Radiomics Analysis: Diagnostic Value and Drawbacks in a Comparative Study.JMIR AI · 2025Article
- A novel approach to physician assistant ultrasound education: the fast eFAST.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Article
- Utility of ultra-portable ultrasound devices for the risk-stratification of thyroid dysfunctions in an emergency setting.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025Article
- Assessment of residual gastric volume by ultrasound prior to upper endoscopy: a prospective cohort study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Article
- Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Medical Management of Marathoners and Spectators: A Case Series.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2025Article
- Handheld multiphoton and pinhole-free reflectance confocal microscopy enables noninvasive, real-time cross-sectional imaging in skin.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Patient satisfaction using handheld ultrasound at emergency department in Jordan University Hospital.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Handheld Ultrasound Devices Used by Newly Certified Operators for Pneumonia in the Emergency Department-A Diagnostic Accuracy Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Prospective Comparison of Nine Different Handheld Ultrasound (HHUS) Devices by Ultrasound Experts with Regard to B-Scan Quality, Device Handling and Software in Abdominal Sonography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Revolutionizing Bladder Health: Artificial-Intelligence-Powered Automatic Measurement of Bladder Volume Using Two-Dimensional Ultrasound.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department: Training, Perceptions, Applications, and Barriers from Different Healthcare Professionals.Journal of acute medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewUltraportable handheld ultrasound (HHU) devices are being rapidly adopted by emergency medicine (EM) physicians. Though knowledge of the breadth of their utility and functionality is still limited compared to cart-based systems, these machines are becoming more common due to ease-of-use, extreme affordability, and improving technology. RECENT
findingsImages obtained with HHU are comparable to those obtained with traditional machines but create unique issues regarding billing and data management. HHU devices are increasingly used successfully to augment the education of practitioners-in-training, by emergency physicians in austere environments, and in the burgeoning fields of "tele-ultrasound" and augmented reality scanning. SUMMARY: This review seeks to describe the current state of use of HHU devices in the emergency department (ED) including device overview, institutional concerns, unique areas of use, recent literature since their adoption into clinical EM, and their future potential.
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