TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Common Symptoms Year in Review A1 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A1 - McPhee, Stephen J. A1 - Rabow, Michael W. A1 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. Y1 - 2023 N1 - T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 AB - Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) consistently improved the sensitivities of standard diagnostic pathways to detect congestive heart failure, pneumonia, PE, pleural effusion, or pneumothorax. Specificities increased in most, but not all, studies; in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay, however, did not differ significantly between patients who did or did not receive POCUS in addition to standard diagnostic tests. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193123530 ER -