Title: Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Lumbar Puncture: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine. J Hosp Med. 2019 Oct 1;14(10):591-601. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3197. Epub 2019 Jun 10. What is already known about this topic?Previous meta-analysis with multiple RCTs have shown that ultrasound-guided LP is superior to landmark-guided LP for …
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Title: Use of Handheld Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Emergency Airway Management. Chest. 2020 Sep 21;S0012-3692(20)34501-3. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.083. What is already known about this topic?Studies on traditional clinical examination techniques, such as modified Mallampati score, thyromental distance, neck range of motion, and mouth opening, have shown the limited predictive performance of for predicting difficult airways.Confirmation of endotracheal tube (ETT) …
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