[Usefulness and reliabitlity of musculoskeletal point of care ultrasound in family practice (1): Knee, shoulder and enthesis]
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[Usefulness and reliabitlity of musculoskeletal point of care ultrasound in family practice (1): Knee, shoulder and enthesis]
Abstract
Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSU) is a technique which has been extended to practically all medical specialties that comprise this pathology. Family Doctor (FD) has not been away from this process due to its great wide of competences, using it in different scenarios inside his common practice in which he can get profits in a reliable, efficient and effective way. Ultrasound equipment incorporation in Primary Care (PC) centers is an increasing reality, contributing to high ranges of accessibility, immediacy and clinic handle capability, and thus, together with the high prevalence in this area in locomotor apparatus, turns MSU into an strategic action for the improvement of the resolving capacity and consequently for the health care. To ensure proficiency among users, it's being necessary to define the benefits and potential risks its use can cause, as well as its different scenarios, avoiding unnecessary explorations and optimizing the investment of this resource at PC level. This paper pretends to summarize the state of the art of the musculoskeletal ultrasound and its benefits for the FD into this efficient and effective scenarios.
La ecografía musculoesquelética (EME) es una técnica que se ha extendido en los últimos años a la práctica totalidad de las especialidades médicas que abarcan esta parte de la patología. El médico de familia (MF) no ha sido ajeno a este proceso por su amplísimo espectro de competencias, usándola en gran cantidad de situaciones de su práctica habitual en las cuales obtiene rentabilidad de ella de modo fiable, eficiente y eficaz.
La dotación de ecografía en los centros de Atención Primaria (AP) es una realidad creciente, aportando elevadas cotas de accesibilidad, inmediatez y capacidad de manejo clínico, lo que, unido a la elevada prevalencia de problemas del aparato locomotor en este ámbito, convierten a la EME en una acción estratégica de mejora de la capacidad resolutiva y de la calidad de la atención sanitaria.
Para asegurar la competencia de quienes la practican, se hace necesario definir los beneficios y los potenciales riesgos que su uso puede generar, así como sus escenarios de aplicación, evitar exploraciones innecesarias y optimizar la inversión que supone dotar de este recurso al nivel de AP. Este artículo pretende resumir el estado actual de la ecografía clínica musculoesquelética y su utilidad para el MF en aquellos escenarios en los que resulta fiable y eficaz.
Keywords: Ecografía clínica; Family practice; Fiabilidad; Medicina familiar; Point of care ultrasound; Reliability; Usefulness; Utilidad.
Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.
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