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Clinical ultrasound for urologists
Improve management, enrich your examination and increase the accuracy of your diagnosis.
65%
of patients with acute abdominal pain are diagnosed more quickly thanks to clinical ultrasound.
Clinical Radiology
991 Sep;44(3):172-4
+500 uses
A probe that fits all main clinical applications
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Pelvis
- Anatomy: visualization of the bladder and uterus
- Diagnosis: peritoneal effusions in the pelvic region
- Aetiologies: gynaecological or intestinal diseases, pelvic trauma
Clinical ultrasound of the pelvis (Douglas space), probe echOpen O1
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Liver and right kidney
- Anatomy: visualization of the liver, right kidney and hepatorenal space
- Diagnosis: peritoneal effusions in the upper quadrant of the abdomen
- Aetiologies: hepatic, traumatic, infectious, biliary disorders
Clinical ultrasound of the Morrison space, probe echOpen O1
Heart
- Anatomy: visualization of the heart chambers
- Diagnosis: cardiac effusion and tamponade
- Aetiologies: infectious, cardiac, cancerous
POCUS scan of the heart (echOpen O1)
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Lungs
- Anatomy: visualization of pleural cul-de-sacs
- Diagnosis: pleural effusions
- Aetiologies: infectious, cardiac, cancerous, interstitial lung disease
POCUS scan of the lung (echOpen O1)
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Spleen and left kidney
- Anatomy: visualization of the spleen, left kidney and splenorenal space
- Diagnosis: peritoneal effusions in the left upper quadrant
- Aetiologies: gastrointestinal diseases, pancreatitis, cirrhosis with ascites
Clinical ultrasound of Koller's space, probe echOpen O1
Vessels
- Visualization: large and peripheral vessels
- Use: central catheterization of large and peripheral vessels
- Diagnosis: abdominal aortic aneurysms
Clinical ultrasound of hepatic vessels, probe echOpen O1
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Protocols
- Trauma assessment
- FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) protocols
- EFAST protocol (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma)
Ultrasound scans with echOpen O1 probe
Clinical ultrasound in urology
Targeted clinical ultrasound enhances the clinical examination and improves the management of your patients. By enabling immediate visualization of the peritoneal organs, vessels, kidneys and male or female reproductive systems, the echOpen O1 probe supports the urologist in his or her diagnosis and contributes to the rapid detection of abnormalities. echOpen offers a reliable, low-cost portable ultrasound scanner made in France for urology, with the aim of making ultrasound accessible throughout the world to improve people's health.
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound made easy and affordable
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echOpen O1, the POCUS probe that enhances and expands bedside physical examination. View the body's internal organs in real time, anytime, anywhere.
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Your digital companions to guide you in your daily POCUS practice. With echOpen On and echOpen XP you can easily set up your probe, access training videos and join an active medical community.
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What the experts have to say
For patients with acute abdominal pain, bedside ultrasound examination is related to higher satisfaction and decreased short-term health care consumption.
British Medical Journal
The most recent studies highlight the fact that clinical ultrasound must be part of the specialty's core competencies.
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
Physicians should examine the central veins with great precision by ultrasound to find the best vein for cannulation.
Electronic Physician
The strengths of handheld devices result in several opportunities: ultrasound may be performed by a wider range of healthcare providers with varying levels and with different types of education. Handheld devices may also facilitate the use of ultrasound for teaching purposes.
European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Portable devices can considerably reduce the overall time required for performing an ultrasound examination at the bedside.
European Society of Radiology
POCUS gives doctors immediate access to clinical problems for faster, more direct management.
French Health Authority
Bedside ultrasound is associated with improved patient satisfaction, perhaps as a consequence of improved time to diagnosis and decreased length of stay.
Journal of Emergency Medicine
Studies show that clinical ultrasound is associated with greater diagnostic accuracy.
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma
Point-of-Care ultrasound changes the management in specific groups of patients in the Emergency Department. It seems intuitive that POCUS holds an unexploited potential on a wide variety of patients.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
The SFMU points out that the use of POCUS in an emergency setting is justified by its efficiency in terms of clinical and diagnostic response, and the ease with which skills can be acquired and maintained.
SFMU
Addition of ultra-sound imaging to the standard bedside physical examination has performed particularly better for correctly identifying the presence of less severe disease.
The Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA Cardiology
Time to add a fifth pillar to bedside clinical examination: inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation and insonation.
The Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA Cardiology
Given that the biggest gap is in provision of diagnostics at the level of primary health care, which is also the entry point to the care cascade, we also recommend that, as a priority, a set of key point-of-care diagnostics (point-of-care tests and point-of-care ultrasound) be made available at all primary health-care centres.
The Lancet
Commission on diagnostics: transforming access to diagnostics
To compensate for a shortage of sonologists and sonographers in low-income countries, training midwives to undertake routine focused obstetric scanning for identification of high-risk pregnancies is a very viable option.
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
When an imaging facility is not on site, point-of-care ultrasound is the only imaging modality that lends itself to true point-of-care service provision.
The Lancet
Medical resources and documentation
When should I perform a clinical ultrasound in urology?
Clinical ultrasound is an extremely useful technique in urology. It can provide answers to specific questions in a matter of minutes, right in the office: signs of renal colic, urinary lithiasis, bladder dysfunction, testicular torsion, malignancy, etc.
Clinical ultrasound also guides you through any invasive procedure requiring puncture or catheter insertion, while minimizing the risks associated with imprecise localization and/or incorrect placement.
Clinical ultrasound is non-irradiating, non-invasive and painless, and is generally well tolerated by patients of all ages. This technique enables you to enrich your clinical examination, confirm or refute a diagnostic suspicion, and make decisions about the next step in your care with greater confidence and serenity.
How can I learn about clinical ultrasound?
Initiation to the use of a clinical ultrasound probe is very straightforward. You will then need to perform several sections per organ to familiarize yourself with the gesture and probe positioning required to obtain quality images of the tissues in question. You will also need to practice analyzing slices of both healthy and pathological organs.
echOpen offers resources to introduce you to the practice of clinical ultrasonography and the interpretation of your images.
For further training, several universities offer DU and DIU courses that train you in the practice of specialty ultrasonography.
No specific training or diploma is required to practice clinical ultrasound if you hold a medical doctor's diploma - including ultrasound procedures.
Which clinical ultrasound probe to choose?
We advise you to choose an ultraportable clinical ultrasound probe, in view of their efficiency, versatility and robustness.
Ultraportable, personal clinical ultrasound probes slip easily into your pocket, enabling you to start an examination in just a few seconds.
Affordable and with sufficient autonomy for a day's consultations, ultraportable clinical ultrasound probes such asechOpen O1 also have the advantage of being non-wireless, making them easier to place, hold and move. They connect to a simple smartphone, which can be used to record images, video loops and annotations.
echOpen also offers a range of digital services, including introductory modules, quizzes and a collaborative space where you can exchange with the medical community and seek advice on complex clinical cases.
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