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Table 1 Scan impact by scan type

From: Resident perception on the impact of point-of-care ultrasound in clinical care at a family medicine training program in Zambia

Scan type

# Performed

Assisted (#)

Assisted (%)

Changed (#)

Changed (%)

Inferior vena cava

115

113

98.3%

88

76.5%

Pulmonary

109

107

98.2%

73

67.0%

Cardiac

88

86

97.7%

61

69.3%

DVT in Extremity

50

49

98.0%

31

62.0%

Liver/GB

49

46

93.9%

32

65.3%

FASH

33

26

78.8%

23

69.7%

Other abdominal

31

29

93.5%

26

83.9%

Procedure*

22

22

100.0%

N/A

N/A

Kidney/bladder

17

16

94.1%

13

76.5%

Skin/MSK

13

13

100.0%

9

69.2%

OB/GYN

8

8

100.0%

5

62.5%

Other

3

3

100.0%

3

100.0%

Abdominal aorta

2

2

100.0%

2

100.0%

eFAST

1

1

100.0%

1

100.0%

Ocular

1

1

100.0%

1

100.0%

Total Unique Scans

542

    
  1. *Given a portion of the POCUS procedures were procedure-only, which received an “N/A” answer for survey question #6, change frequencies and percentages were unable to be calculated, and the “N/A” was carried through into this table. DVT: deep venous thrombosis; GB: gallbladder; FASH: Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV-associated tuberculosis; MSK: musculoskeletal; OB/GYN: Obstetrics and gynecology, eFAST: Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma