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Indian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Pediatrics

Volume  8, Issue 2, May-August 2016, Pages 53-56
 

Original Article

Point of Care Ultrasound in Pediatric Emergency Department - An Emerging Modality for Improving Patient Care

Prasad Arun, Kumar Sanjeev, Paswan Anil K., Prasad Abhiranjan

Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijtep.2348.9987.8216.1

Abstract

 Point of care ultrasound is a quick and focused ultrasonography of any patient bedside and is helpful in managing patients in certain emergency situations like blunt abdominal trauma, cardiogenic shock and chest conditions like pleural effusion and hemothorax. It should be widely used bedside in pediatric emergency to improve patient care.

 Keywords: Point of Care Ultrasound; Pediatric Emergency; Developing Countries.


Corresponding Author : Arun Prasad