Table 3.

Description of changes in clinical information or decisions led by ultrasound

Modification in diagnosis and therapeutic decisions led by US	No. changes	No. patients
Related to clinical decision-making, total	48	36
New or unidentified diagnosis:  Pneumonia, 2; significant pleural effusion, 5; pneumothorax, 1; significant pericardial effusion, 1; cholecystitis, 1	10	8
Clinical diagnosis:  Pneumonia to respiratory distress due to biliary sepsis, 1; pneumonia to heart failure, 2; asthma to pneumonia, 1	4	4
Pharmacological therapy:  Fluid challenges, 6; start diuretics, 5; dobutamine, 5; noradrenaline, 2; antibiotics, 5; alteplase, 1	24	16
Invasive procedures:  Thoracic drainage, 5; emergency bronchoscopy, 2; laparotomy, 1; suprapubic bladder catheterization, 1	9	7
Alveolar recruitment maneuver, 1	1	1
No changes	0	4

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