Table 4 Positive findings from POCUS on unselected patients in the emergency department listed by subcategory of examinations per category of chief complaint
All findings, patients n (%) [95% CI] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Examination type | Orthopedic complaint | Medical complaint | Surgical complaint | Total |
(n = 191) | (n = 120) | (n = 94) | (n = 405) | |
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS) | 10 (5.24) [2.0–8.4] | 9 (7.50) [2.8–12.2] | 9 (9.57) [3.5–15.6] | 28 (6.91) [4.4–9.4] |
Focused Lung Ultrasound (FLUS) | 17 (8.90) [4.8–13.0] | 31 (25.83) [17.9–33.8] | 15 (15.96) [8.4–23.5] | 63 (15.56) [12.0–19.1] |
Focused Abdominal Ultrasound (FAUS) | 32 (16.8) [11.4–22.0] | 30 (25.0) [17.2–32.8] | 26 (27.7) [18.4–36.9] | 88 (21.7) [17.7–25.8] |
Focused Assessment With Sonography in Trauma (FAST) | 3 (1.57) [− 0.2–3.4] | 7 (5.83) [1.6–10.1] | 5 (5.32) [0.7–9.9] | 15 (3.70) [1.9–5.6] |
Unique patients | 58 (30.4) [23.8–36.9] | 59 (49.2) [40.1–58.2] | 42 (44.7) [34.4–54.9] | 159 (39.3) [34.5–44.0] |