Point-of-care ultrasonography at the ED maximizes patient confidence in emergency physicians

Pierre-Géraud Claret; Xavier Bobbia; Sébastien Le Roux; Yann Bodin; Claire Roger; Rémi Perrin-Bayard; Laurent Muller; Jean Emmanuel de La Coussaye

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.042

Point-of-care ultrasonography at the ED maximizes patient confidence in emergency physicians

Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Mar;34(3):657-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.042. Epub 2015 Dec 21.

Authors

Pierre-Géraud Claret¹, Xavier Bobbia², Sébastien Le Roux³, Yann Bodin⁴, Claire Roger⁵, Rémi Perrin-Bayard⁶, Laurent Muller⁷, Jean Emmanuel de La Coussaye⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation Pain Emergency Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, 1 place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: pierre.geraud.claret@gmail.com.
² Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation Pain Emergency Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, 1 place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: xavier.bobbia@gmail.com.
³ Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation Pain Emergency Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, 1 place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: seb_leroux63@hotmail.com.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation Pain Emergency Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, 1 place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: mentawais@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation Pain Emergency Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, 1 place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: clairepenetrat@hotmail.com.
⁶ Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation Pain Emergency Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, 1 place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: remspb@yahoo.fr.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation Pain Emergency Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, 1 place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: laurent.muller@chu-nimes.fr.
⁸ Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation Pain Emergency Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, 1 place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: jean.emmanuel.delacoussaye@chu-nimes.fr.

PMID: 26782792
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.042

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Satisfaction*
Physician-Patient Relations*
Point-of-Care Systems*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Prospective Studies
Ultrasonography*