Usefulness and reliabitlity of musculoskeletal point of care ultrasound in family practice (1) : Knee, shoulder and enthesis

Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved..

Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSU) is a technique which has been extended to practically all medical specialties that comprise this pathology. Family Doctor (FD) has not been away from this process due to its great wide of competences, using it in different scenarios inside his common practice in which he can get profits in a reliable, efficient and effective way. Ultrasound equipment incorporation in Primary Care (PC) centers is an increasing reality, contributing to high ranges of accessibility, immediacy and clinic handle capability, and thus, together with the high prevalence in this area in locomotor apparatus, turns MSU into an strategic action for the improvement of the resolving capacity and consequently for the health care. To ensure proficiency among users, it's being necessary to define the benefits and potential risks its use can cause, as well as its different scenarios, avoiding unnecessary explorations and optimizing the investment of this resource at PC level. This paper pretends to summarize the state of the art of the musculoskeletal ultrasound and its benefits for the FD into this efficient and effective scenarios.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Atencion primaria - 50(2018), 10 vom: 17. Dez., Seite 629-643

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Utilidad y fiabilidad de la ecografía clínica musculoesquelética en medicina familiar (1): rodilla, hombro y entesis

Beteiligte Personen:

Sánchez Barrancos, Ignacio Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz Serrano, Antonio Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
González Santisteban, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Manso García, Susana [VerfasserIn]
Hernández Rodríguez, Trinidad [VerfasserIn]
Lozano Gago, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Conangla Ferrín, Laura [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ecografía clínica
Family practice
Fiabilidad
Journal Article
Medicina familiar
Point of care ultrasound
Reliability
Usefulness
Utilidad

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Date Completed 24.10.2019

Date Revised 19.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.aprim.2018.07.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM290260183