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. 2022 May 12;14(1):16.
doi: 10.1186/s13089-022-00269-3.

Clinical relevance of a multiorgan focused clinical ultrasound in internal medicine

Ximena Cid-Serra  1   2 , Alistair Royse  3   4 , David Canty  3   5   6   7 , Colin Royse  3   8   9
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Clinical relevance of a multiorgan focused clinical ultrasound in internal medicine

Ximena Cid-Serra et al. Ultrasound J. .
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The authors do not have competing interests to declare.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Proportion of previously unknown ultrasound abnormalities. In green (new diagnosis), the proportion of patients in whom FCU identified a pathology that it was unknown and not suspected by the treating team. In gray, the FCU abnormal findings that were already known to the clinical team. APO acute pulmonary oedema, DVT deep vein thrombosis, LV left ventricle
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Change in management after FCU. The proportion of participants in the intervention group who had a modification in the medical plan after FCU. The left side of the graph (red) illustrates the percentage of participants who had a step-down in management after FCU and the right side (green) who had a step-up. “Step-down” implies that medical therapies were stopped or referrals, imaging tests, and pathology tests were not requested compared to the pre-FCU plan. “Step up” infers the opposite. CT computed tomography, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, BNP brain natriuretic peptide
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