SynthesisBMC emergency medicine2024
Prehospital ultrasound scanning for abdominal free fluid detection in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of AI-assisted point-of-care ultrasound for abdominal free fluid detection in FAST trauma assessment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Medicalized Prehospital Setting on Diagnostic Workup: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Observational
- Telemedicine Devices in Prehospital Trauma Care: A Scoping Review of Telemedical Actions, Clinical Utilities and Implementation Barriers.Journal of medical systems · 2026Article
- 30-day hospital admission among older adults initially managed at home by a mobile emergency unit: a retrospective cohort study.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
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- Evolving role of point-of-care ultrasound in prehospital emergency care: a narrative review.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Obesity: a challenge for emergency medical teams-a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- [Prehospital ultrasound in emergency medicine].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2024Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionFocused assessment with sonography for trauma helps detect abdominal free fluid. Prehospital ultrasound scanning is also important because the early diagnosis of hemoperitoneum may reduce the time to definitive treatment in the hospital. This study investigated whether prehospital ultrasound scanning can help detect abdominal free fluid. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn this systematic review, relevant databases were searched for studies investigating prehospital ultrasound examinations for abdominal free fluid in trauma patients. The prehospital ultrasound results were compared with computed tomography, surgery, or hospital ultrasound examination data. The pooled sensitivity and specificity values were analyzed using forest plots. The overall predictive power was calculated by the summary receiver operating characteristic curve. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies tool. The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) was performed to assess the certainty of evidence.
resultThis meta-analysis comprised six studies that included 1356 patients. The pooled sensitivity and specificity values were 0.596 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.345-0.822) and 0.970 (95% CI = 0.953-0.983), respectively. The pooled area under the summary receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.998. The quality assessment tool showed favorable results. In the GRADE analysis, the quality of evidence was very low for sensitivity and high for specificity when prehospital ultrasound was used for hemoperitoneum diagnosis.
conclusionThe specificity of abdominal free fluid detection using prehospital ultrasound examinations in trauma patients was very high.
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