RT Book, Section
A1 Dewitz, Andreas
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Mateer, James R.
A2 Reardon, Robert F.
A2 Joing, Scott A.
SR Print(0)
ID 57794614
T1 Chapter 18. Musculoskeletal, Soft Tissue, and Miscellaneous Applications
T2 Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 3e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179215-8
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57794614
RD 2024/04/18
AB Beyond  the  well-known  primary  applications  of  emergency  ultrasound  lies  a  veritable  smorgasbord  of  clinically  useful  ultrasound  applications.  Some  of  these  applications  allow  emergency  care  providers  to  rapidly  evaluate  and  better  manage  common  clinical  problems.  This  chapter  will  focus  on  eight  applications  of  point-of-care  ultrasound  that  are  useful  in  the  acute  care  setting.  These  include  (1)  evaluation  of  abdominal  wall  pain  and  masses;  (2)  airway  assessment;  (3)  evaluation  of  bony  cortices  for  rapid  fracture  diagnosis  and  postreduction  alignment;  (4)  subcutaneous  foreign  body  diagnosis  and  localization;  (5)  imaging  of  selected  tendons,  joints,  and  muscles  for  common  musculoskeletal  complaints;  (6)  diagnosis  of  salivary  gland  disease;  (7)  point-of-care  detection  of  maxillary  sinusitis;  and  (8)  evaluation  of  soft  tissue  infections,  particularly  for  detection  and  accurate  localization  of  subcutaneous  abscesses  prior  to  drainage.