Tele-Ultrasound to Guide Management of a Patient with Circulatory Shock

Abstract

of ultrasound supervision independent of the time of day or night. On the system level, this provides a more standardized and supervised foundation on which to base ultrasoundguided management decisions that can significantly affect patient outcomes. On a provider level, it ensures that medical trainees and physician extenders can feel more confident in their technical image acquisition and image interpretation skills.

5G-enabled smart hospitals: Innovations in patient care and facility management

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Telemedicine can be a feasible means of guiding untrained general practitioners to perform point-of-care ultrasound in life-threatening situations: the case of a field hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Nevertheless, there are no precise data regarding protocols, acquisition time, or image interpretation for telesonography, nor regarding its relevance in changing medical practice ( 4 ) . Some case reports have shown that telesonography provides benefits in the standardized assessment of cardiac function in patients with shock ( 5 ) .…”