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ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2024

Evaluation of point-of-care ultrasound use in the diagnostic approach for right upper quadrant abdominal pain management in the emergency department: a prospective study.

Florence Dupriez, Alexandre Niset, Claire Couvreur, Laurent Marissiaux, Félix Gendebien, Laurent Peyskens, Boris Germeau, Antoine Fasseaux, Bastian Rodrigues de Castro, Andrea Penaloza and 2 more

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Article in Internal and emergency medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06827730 (PoCUS Impact on the Diagnostic Approach for Thoracic and Abdominal Pain in the ED), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06827730 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

PoCUS Impact on the Diagnostic Approach for Thoracic and Abdominal Pain in the ED

TypeinterventionalSponsorCliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de LouvainRan2025 to 2029Enrolled406ConditionsAbdominal Pain, Thoracic PainArmsPoint of care ultrasound
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Florence DupriezEmergency Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate, 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. Florence.dupriez@saintluc.uclouvain.be.ORCID 0000-0003-4086-5685
Alexandre NisetEmergency Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate, 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8341-9338
Claire CouvreurEmergency Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate, 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0006-1509-0303
Laurent MarissiauxEmergency Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, Liège, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3115-7751
Félix GendebienEmergency Department, Hôpital de Jolimont, Lobbes, Lobbes, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5124-9629
Laurent PeyskensEmergency Department, Grand Hôpital de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.
Boris GermeauEmergency Department, Cliniques Saint-Pierre Ottignies, Ottignies, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0009-6602-4607
Antoine FasseauxEmergency Department, Hôpital de Jolimont, Lobbes, Haine Saint Paul, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1855-9406
Bastian Rodrigues de CastroEmergency Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate, 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
Andrea PenalozaEmergency Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate, 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4544-9501
Dominique VanpeeInstitute of Health and Society and CHU UCL Namur, UCLOUVAIN, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0649-8474
Xavier BobbiaEmergency Department, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2719-643X
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc · BEHôpital de Jolimont · BECentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège · BECentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier · FRClinique Saint Pierre · BEGrand Charleroi Hospital · BEUCLouvain · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is commonly used at the bedside in the emergency department (ED) as part of clinical examinations. Studies frequently investigate PoCUS diagnostic accuracy, although its contribution to the overall diagnostic approach is less often evaluated. The primary objective of this prospective, multicenter, cohort study was to assess the contribution of PoCUS to the overall diagnostic approach of patients with right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Two independent members of an adjudication committee, who were blind to the intervention, independently evaluated the diagnostic approaches before and after PoCUS for the same patient. The study included 62 patients admitted to the ED with non-traumatic right upper quadrant abdominal pain from September 1, 2022, to March 6, 2023. The contribution of PoCUS to the diagnostic approach was evaluated using a proportion test assuming that 75% of diagnostic approaches would be better or comparable with PoCUS. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests evaluated the impact of PoCUS on the mean number of differential diagnoses, planned treatments, and complementary diagnostic tests. Overall, 60 (97%) diagnostic approaches were comparable or better with PoCUS (χ

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Abdominal PainEmergency Service, HospitalPoint-of-Care SystemsUltrasonographyAdultAgedCohort StudiesDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesAbdominal painAbdominal ultrasoundDiagnostic approachPoint of care ultrasound

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PMID38041765
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