Operators US experience: what role in the emergency department? Results of the PRIMUS Study (DEGUM Multicenter-Study)
M Ihli, T Karbe, M Wüstner, D Vasilakis, W Blank, HP Weskott, W Kratzer, K Seitz, A Schuler · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2013 · Heft 10
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Purpose: The aim of this part of the PRIMUS study was to evaluate the influence of US experience on hospitalization time, therapeutic procedures, control US examinations and on the accuracy and reliability of diagnoses. Material and Methods: In a prospective multicenter trial from April 2010 to February 2011 patients referred to the emergency department who where examined with ultrasound where included. Those who got the ultrasound examination within the first 24h where compared to a group having received sonography later on. All examinations were performed by doctors either in the emergency or in the ultrasound…