Pavan Behl

Pavan Behl

Pavan Behl
Director & General Manager India & Middle East, Fujifilm
SonoSite India Private Limited

Ultrasound systems are increasingly being used for guided procedures that extends focus on improving not only patient safety, but also providing cost-effective care, says Pavan Behl, Director & General Manager India & Middle East, Fujifilm SonoSite India Private Limited

The medical imaging technology has gone through significant advancements over years. The portability factor, on one hand has facilitated point-of-care (PoC) ultrasound for quality healthcare and on other hand; it has become widely adopted tool for non-invasive diagnosis.

Around the world, clinicians are thriving to obtain optimum access to patients diagnosis while ensuring bedside care and portable ultrasound ensures this PoC, whether the patient is being treated in an emergency department (ED), an operating room (OR), or a critical care unit (CCU).

Ultrasound systems are increasingly being used for guided procedures that extends focus on improving not only patient safety, but also providing cost-effective care. It has put the spotlight on efficient diagnosis of emergent disorders with ultrasound at the bedside and error reduction through ultrasound-guidance of needle procedures.

Over years, the role of point-ofcare ultrasound systems is changed dramatically owing to high image quality, portability and design & technical advancements. According to New England Journal of Medicine, With appropriate use, point-of-care ultrasonography can decrease medical errors, provide more efficient real-time diagnosis, and supplement or replace more advanced imaging in appropriate situations. And hence as a medical tool, ultrasound has found vast usage across applications like anesthesiology, cardiology, critical care, emergency medicine, emergency services, endocrinology, internal medicine, musculoskeletal, nursing, orthopedic surgery, primary care, radiology, interventional radiology, sports medicine, military medicine, vascular surgery and veterinary medicine.

Ultrasound systems are increasing being used for guided procedures that increases focus on improving not only patient safety but also, providing cost-effective care. It has put the spotlight on efficient diagnosis of emergent disorders with ultrasound at the bedside and error reduction through ultrasound-guidance of needle procedures. Use of ultrasound at the point of care can also significantly improve the safety of such invasive procedures as regional nerve block injections, central venous catheter (CVC) placement, and fluid drainage, compared to blind insertions based on anatomical landmarks. Ultrasound guidance also increases the effectiveness of paracentesis, a challenging procedure to perform using the blind technique.

A large body of compelling clinical evidence has demonstrated that use of ultrasound at the point-of-care can safely aid time-critical decisions and procedures in the Emergency Department (Jain, Stead & Decker, 2008). Employing ultrasound at the bedside can also reduce medical errors, provide more efficient real-time diagnosis, and in certain clinical scenarios, can supplement or replace more expensive imaging modalities, such as computed tomography (CT), sparing patients exposure to ionising radiation (Moore & Copel, 2011). New research shows that using ultrasound as the first diagnostic test for certain common medical conditions, when appropriate, instead of more expensive imaging methods, such as computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while maintaining high standards of care.

So, in this ever advancing medical world, point-of-care ultrasound today is being established as a medical tool with varied applications and is not merely a tool for radiologists anymore for primary diagnosis.

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