Point‐of‐care hip ultrasound leads to expedited results in emergency department patients with suspected septic arthritis

Abstract Background The evaluation of septic hip arthritis often incorporates the utilization of hip ultrasonography to determine the presence of a hip joint effusion, as well as to guide arthrocentesis. Point‐of‐care (POC) hip ultrasound has previously been demonstrated to be accurate when performe...

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Main Authors: Christopher Thom, Azhar Ahmed, Matthew Kongkatong, James Moak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12167
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