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1Department of Emergency Medicine,Duke University School of Medicine, 2Department of Anesthesiology,Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 3Department of Anesthesiology,Massachusetts General Hospital, 4Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Management,Hospital for Special Surgery, 5Department of Anesthesiology,Weill-Cornell Medical College, 6Department of Emergency Medicine,MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, 7Department of Anesthesiology,Mayo Clinic, 8Department of Anesthesiology,Duke University School of Medicine
Chapters
- 00:04Introduction
- 01:07Transducer Selection and Machine Settings
- 02:13Patient Position and B-Mode Scanning
- 03:31Scanning and Compression Technique
- 05:38Results: Proximal Lower Extremity DVT Examinations
- 06:17Conclusion
Traditionally, lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is diagnosed by radiology-performed venous duplex ultrasound. Providers appropriately trained in focused point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can perform a rapid bedside examination with high sensitivity and specificity in critically ill patients. We describe the scanning technique for focused POCUS DVT lower extremity examination.
