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Este artículo es continuación de la revisión iniciada en el número anterior sobre la utilidad de la ecografía clínica abdominal en Atención Primaria (AP), y completa los escenarios de grandes vasos abdominales, bazo, nefrourológicos y ginecológicos
This article is a continuation of the review initiated in the previous issue about the usefulness of point of care ultrasound in Primary Care, completing the scenarios of large abdominal vessels, spleen, nephrourological and gynecological ultrasound
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Humanos , Feminino , Ultrassonografia/métodos , Medicina de Família e Comunidade , Abdome/irrigação sanguínea , Abdome/diagnóstico por imagem , Nefropatias/diagnóstico por imagem , Esplenopatias/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças dos Genitais Femininos/diagnóstico por imagem , Atenção Primária à Saúde , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
This article is a continuation of the review initiated in the previous issue about the usefulness of point of care ultrasound in Primary Care, completing the scenarios of large abdominal vessels, spleen, nephrourological and gynecological ultrasound.
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Abdome/diagnóstico por imagem , Medicina de Família e Comunidade , Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito , Ultrassonografia/métodos , Aorta Abdominal/diagnóstico por imagem , Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Doenças Urogenitais Femininas/diagnóstico por imagem , Genitália Feminina/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Rim/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , Próstata/diagnóstico por imagem , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Baço/diagnóstico por imagem , Bexiga Urinária/diagnóstico por imagem , Veia Cava Inferior/diagnóstico por imagemRESUMO
La ecografía es una técnica segura y fiable que aumenta la capacidad diagnóstica, agiliza y mejora la toma de decisiones de los profesionales de la medicina en cualquier ámbito de ejercicio. El médico de familia (MF), que debe ser competente para abordar la práctica totalidad de los problemas de salud de las personas, es un especialista idóneo para incorporar esta herramienta a su actividad, dotándose con ella de una capacidad de manejo hasta ahora desconocida, al ser muy numerosas las situaciones clínicas de la práctica habitual en las cuales se puede beneficiar de ella de modo fiable, eficiente y eficaz. Al tratarse de una tecnología muy dependiente del explorador, se hace necesario asegurar la competencia de quienes la practican, definir los beneficios y los potenciales riesgos que su uso puede generar, así como sus escenarios de aplicación, en aras de evitar exploraciones innecesarias y minimizar el coste oportunidad que puede suponer incorporar esta actividad a una agenda de por sí desbordada. Este trabajo pretende resumir el estado actual de la ecografía clínica abdominal y su utilidad para el MF en aquellos escenarios en los que resulta fiable y eficaz
Ultrasound is a safe and reliable way to increase diagnosis capabilities, as well as an improving and speed up method for taking decisions for healthcare professionals of every medical specialty. Family doctor, who must be ready to address all kind of health problems for his patients, is the key person to incorporate this tool to his daily activity, acquiring the best managing skill, unknown nowadays, being quite large the clinical situations in the day by day practice, in which he can obtain benefit in a reliable and effective way. Due to this practice is explorer dependent, it's needed to assure the best competence of the professional who practice it, and define the benefits and potential risks its use can create, as well as its application scenarios, in order to avoid unnecessary explorations and minimize opportunity costs that this activity can add to a currently saturated agenda. This work pretends to summarize the current state of abdominal point of care ultrasound, and its utility for the family doctor, in those scenarios that can be potentially reliable and effective
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Humanos , Hepatopatias/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças Biliares/diagnóstico por imagem , Pancreatopatias/diagnóstico por imagem , Ultrassonografia/métodos , Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Atenção Primária à Saúde , Medicina de Família e ComunidadeRESUMO
Ultrasound is a safe and reliable way to increase diagnosis capabilities, as well as an improving and speed up method for taking decisions for healthcare professionals of every medical specialty. Family doctor, who must be ready to address all kind of health problems for his patients, is the key person to incorporate this tool to his daily activity, acquiring the best managing skill, unknown nowadays, being quite large the clinical situations in the day by day practice, in which he can obtain benefit in a reliable and effective way. Due to this practice is explorer dependent, it's needed to assure the best competence of the professional who practice it, and define the benefits and potential risks its use can create, as well as its application scenarios, in order to avoid unnecessary explorations and minimize opportunity costs that this activity can add to a currently saturated agenda. This work pretends to summarize the current state of abdominal point of care ultrasound, and its utility for the family doctor, in those scenarios that can be potentially reliable and effective.