emDocs - August 31, 2018 - By Prats M - Originally published on Ultrasound G.E.L. on 5/20/17 - Visit HERE to listen to accompanying PODCAST!
"Take Home Points
- POCUS in isolation had good correlation with diagnosis determined by emergency physician for patients with undifferentiated dyspnea.
- POCUS lead to decreased time to diagnosis although limitations to the comparison.
- POCUS showed overall high specificity and lower sensitivities for etiologies of acute dyspnea in the emergency department."