J Emerg Med
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Multicenter Study
Undifferentiated Dyspnea with Point-of-Care Ultrasound, Primary Emergency Physician Compared with a Dedicated Emergency Department Ultrasound Team.
Emergency physicians (EPs) perform critical actions while operating with diagnostic uncertainty. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is useful in evaluation of dyspneic patients. In prior studies, POCUS is often performed by ultrasound (US) teams without patient care responsibilities. ⋯ POCUS performed by primary teams was noninferior to POCUS performed by US teams for changing the most likely diagnosis, and equivalent when considering mean reduction in number of diagnoses. POCUS performed by treating EPs reduces cognitive burden in dyspneic patients.