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1 to 1 of 1 Research Studies DisplayedMower WR, Crisp JG, Krishnadasan A
Effect of initial bedside ultrasonography on emergency department skin and soft tissue infection management.
Researchers examined the utility of emergency department (ED) ultrasonography in treatment of skin and soft tissue infections. Study participants were ED patients with skin and soft tissue infections; the study also surveyed clinicians with regard to their pre-ultrasonography certainty about the presence or absence of an abscess, their planned management, post-ultrasonography findings, and actual management. The researchers found that ultrasonography rarely changed management when clinicians were certain about the presence or absence of an abscess. When clinicians were uncertain, ultrasonography changed drainage decisions in approximately one quarter of cases, of which most were appropriate.
AHRQ-funded; HS009699.
Citation: Mower WR, Crisp JG, Krishnadasan A .
Effect of initial bedside ultrasonography on emergency department skin and soft tissue infection management.
Ann Emerg Med 2019 Sep;74(3):372-80. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.02.002..
Keywords: Emergency Department, Imaging, Skin Conditions