Point-of-Care Emergency Department Ultrasound for Traumatic Eye Injuries

Extensively trained emergency physicians accurately diagnosed traumatic eye findings using point-of-care ultrasound.

Early studies of emergency department (ED) point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) suggested high sensitivity and specificity for retinal detachment when used by physicians with ultrasound training (Ann Emerg Med 2015; 65:199), but sensitivity was much lower among a more heterogenous group of emergency physicians (NEJM JW Emerg Med Jul 2018 and Acad Emerg Med 2019; 26:16). POCUS has not been well studied for a wide array of other traumatic ocular injuries.

Investigators in Iran prospectively evaluated ED POCUS for the diagnosis of such injuries in a convenience sample of trauma patients with suspected ocular injury. Patients underwent POCUS evaluation performed by one of two emergency physicians who had received 16 hours of in-class training and 48…

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Benton R. Hunter, MD

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Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesSociety for Academic Emergency Medicine (Chair, Evidence Based Healthcare Interest Group)

Benton R. Hunter, MD

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Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesSociety for Academic Emergency Medicine (Chair, Evidence Based Healthcare Interest Group)

Point-of-Care Emergency Department Ultrasound for Traumatic Eye Injuries

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