"CLINICAL QUESTION: IN PATIENTS PRESENTING TO THE ED WITH SUSPECTED PE, WHO HAVE ABNORMAL VITAL SIGNS, WHAT IS THE SENSITIVITY OF FOCUS FOR PE?
*FOCUS HAD A SENSITIVITY OF 92% AND SPECIFICITY OF 64% FOR PE*
SGEM BOTTOM LINE: FOCUSED CARDIAC ULTRASOUND DOES NOT HAVE GOOD ENOUGH DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY EVEN IN PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL VITAL SIGNS TO SAFELY RULE IN OR RULE OUT PE."