Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
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Comparative Study
Short- and long-term effects of emergency medicine sonography on formal sonography use: a decade of experience.
It has been reported that use of formal sonographic studies by departments of radiology initially increases after inception of an emergency medicine (EM) sonography training program, but there are no data on whether this trend continues as the training program matures. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an ongoing EM sonography program on formal sonography use after more than a decade of experience. ⋯ Emergency department use of formal sonography services increases with the introduction of ED sonography but decreases markedly as the program matures.
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We aimed to assess the clinical usefulness of the third ventricle midline shift (MLS) evaluated by transcranial color-coded sonography (TCCS) in acute spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). ⋯ Midline shift may be measured reliably by TCCS in spontaneous supratentorial ICH. Our study also showed that MLS on TCCS is a useful and convenient method to identify patients with large ICH and hematoma expansion and to predict short-term functional outcome.