Emergency ultrasound in German emergency departments. Results from a national survey
J Böer, T Lindner, A Heinzmann, T Kunzmann, L Lomberg, W Blank, M Möckel · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2016 · Heft 08
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Purpose: Evaluation of the current state of ultrasound use in German emergency departments (ED). Methods: Online-Survey by Surveymonkey® for 3 months. Members of DGINA and DEGUM were asked to complete the questionnaire. Responses were collected and anonymized. Results: 135 valid answers from different hospitals were received. 85% of the hospitals have 2 or more ultrasound machines in the ED. 1/3 of the examinations are done by residents without supervision from an expert sonographer. Among the most frequent US-examinations are “abdomen”, “FAST”, “lower-extremity duplex”, “echo/FEEL” and “chest-US”. The participa…
