Table 2.
Therapeutic Consequences of POCUS for Different Patient Categories
| All Patients (n = 209) |
Trauma (n = 131) |
Non-Trauma (n = 78) |
CPR (n = 70) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any Therapeutic Consequence | 85 (40.7%) | 34 (26.0%) | 51 (65.4%) | 53 (75.7%) |
| Patient Destination Change | 16 (7.7%) | 9 (6.9%) | 7 (9.0%) | 4 (5.7%) |
| Drug Therapy Change | 27 (12.9%) | 8 (6.1%) | 19 (24.4%) | 20 (28.6%) |
| Fluid Therapy Change | 19 (9.1%) | 8 (6.1%) | 11 (14.1%) | 11 (15.7%) |
| Invasive Procedure Performed/Called Off | 6 (2.9%) | 5 (3.8%) | 1 (1.3%) | 3 (4.3%) |
| CPR Initiated/Terminated | 28 (13.4%) | 6 (4.6%) | 22 (28.2%) | 28 (40.0%) |
| Evaluation of Treatment Effect | 22 (10.5%) | 11 (8.4%) | 11 (14.1%) | 13 (18.6%) |
| Other | 16 (7.7%) | 4 (3.1%) | 12 (15.4%) | 14 (20.0%) |
Note: Data are shown as n (%).
Abbreviations: CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; POCUS, point-of-care ultrasound.