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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 36-39 |
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Ultrasonography in Emergency – Seeing Beyond the Apparent
AJ Mahendran, Ankit Sharma, Pranav Ish, Nitesh Gupta, Rohit Kumar, Manu Madan
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Nitesh Gupta
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi - 110 049
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jalh.jalh_8_22
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Bedside ultrasonography holds an indispensable position in emergency medicine today in most of the Western countries. However, its use is still undermined in most of the developing countries. We present a case of a 55-year-old bronchial asthma patient presenting with suspected acute exacerbation; however, was diagnosed with pericardial effusion with tamponade by point-of-care ultrasound. Eventually, she was diagnosed to have a malignant pericardial effusion and treated appropriately. To conclude, the use of point-of-care ultrasound played a key role in timely diagnosis and treatment.
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