Annals of emergency medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Ultrasound for the detection of foreign bodies in human tissue.
To determine the accuracy of detection of wood and plastic foreign bodies in human tissue by relatively inexperienced clinicians using typical ultrasound equipment. ⋯ Ultrasound is imperfect but may be useful in screening for superficial foreign bodies in human tissue. Clinical utility in the ED setting remains to be tested.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Real-time ultrasound-guided femoral vein catheterization during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
To compare the use of real-time-ultrasound guidance with the standard landmark-oriented approach for obtaining femoral vein catheterization in patients requiring intravenous access during CPR. ⋯ Real-time ultrasound-guided femoral vein catheterization was faster and produced a lower rate of inadvertent arterial catheterization and a higher rate of success during CPR than the standard landmark-oriented approach. Also, ultrasound demonstrated that palpable femoral pulsation during CPR is venous rather than arterial.