If you consider the chest clear on auscultation, could your patient still have pneumonia?
Dr Kelvin Ward, FRNZCUC, presents 3 cases that show how POCUS can improve diagnostic accuracy when it comes to patients with pneumonia and a normal chest examination.
This talk was recorded in September at the inaugural Urgent Care Bootcamp in Auckland.
Follow Kelvin’s case here
https://urgentcareultrasound.co.nz/2019/07/17/case-20-stethoscopically-occult-pneumonopathies/
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