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Wireless handheld focused ultrasound in student teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial results of a pilot study

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, ISSN: 1875-8622, Vol: 85, Issue: 3, Page: 297-305
2023
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Reports from University Hospital Regensburg Highlight Recent Findings in COVID-19 (Wireless Handheld Focused Ultrasound In Student Teaching During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Initial Results of a Pilot Study)

2024 FEB 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx COVID-19 Daily -- Researchers detail new data in Coronavirus - COVID-19. According

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OBJECTIVE: The study aim was to investigate the use of a novel device, the Vscan Air™, for rapidly and effectively performing ultrasound in student teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. MATERIAL AND METHODS: As part of the ultrasound practical course with integrated hands-on activity required by the regular medical curriculum, 100 medical students were instructed in the use of the Vscan Air™, including duplex mode. They then evaluated the quality of the ultrasound images obtained by the Vscan Air™ from previously selected organs. RESULTS: 100 students were interviewed (female n = 68, male n = 32; age >18 years n = 100). The rated image quality never fell below a mean of 3 for the examined organs and portal vein flow (liver 4,58; spleen 3,99; kidneys 4,29; aorta 4,16; Douglas/rectovesical space 4,14; portal vein 4,43; pancreas 3,53; Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma 4,38). Scores below 3 were found sporadically in ultrasounds of the spleen (n = 4), kidneys (n = 3), Douglas/rectovesical space (n = 2), and pancreas (n = 15). The liver was rated the lowest for 59 ratings. The portal vein was evaluated in 68 cases. The hepatic artery and hepatic veins could be also visualized in all 68 examinations. The aorta was evaluated in 62 cases. CONCLUSION: The Vscan Air™ technology offered adequate image quality and provided a new, fast and patient-oriented technique to support continuous ultrasound examinations and education of students, especially during a pandemic. Particularly noteworthy is the uncomplicated compliance with the required high level of hygiene.

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Kaiser, Ulrich; Dropco, Ivor; Reuthner, Kathrin; Ertl, Michael; Schlitt, Hans Jürgen; Herr, Wolfgang; Stroszczynski, Christian; Jung, Ernst Michael

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine

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