Should point-of-care ultrasonography replace stethoscopes in acute respiratory failure?

Nicholas Smallwood; Ashley Miller; Andrew Walden; Mark Hew; Tunn Ren Tay; Najib M. Rahman

doi:10.1136/bmj.l5225

Should point-of-care ultrasonography replace stethoscopes in acute respiratory failure?

Nicholas Smallwood
, Ashley Miller
, Andrew Walden
, Mark Hew
, Tunn Ren Tay
, Najib M. Rahman

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital

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Abstract

Ultrasonography would be a better diagnostic test than auscultation or chest radiography, say Nicholas Smallwood and colleagues. But Mark Hew and colleagues argue the costs are hard to justify without evidence that it would improve patient outcomes

Original language	English
Article number	l5225
Number of pages	3
Journal	BMJ
Volume	366
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5225
Publication status	Published - 30 Aug 2019

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