The American journal of emergency medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Integration of lung ultrasound in the diagnostic reasoning in acute dyspneic patients: A prospective randomized study.
Misdiagnosis in acute dyspneic patients (ADP) has consequences on their outcome. Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an accurate tool to improve diagnostic performance. The main goal of this study was to assess the determinants of increased diagnostic accuracy using LUS. ⋯ LUS decreases the NUD in ADP. The ultrasound frequency of use decreased the NUD in ADP clinical cases with LUS data.