Emergency Medicine – PICO #3

Brief description of patient problem/setting (summarize the case very briefly) Working in the main ER, you notice a patient getting triaged that has shortness of breath, fever, chills and fatigue. They tested negative for COVID/Flu and you are suspecting pneumonia. Standard of practice is getting a chest x-ray to confirm the diagnosis, but you have seen FAST exams being done for fluid accumulation in the chest and abdomen, and wonder if POC ultrasound can be used to look for consolidations like pneumonia in an acute situation. Search Question: Clearly state the question (including outcomes or criteria to be tracked) In …

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