Bedside Sonography in Emergency Departments in Turkey

Girisgin S. A., Cander B., Yurumez Y., Coskun F., İKİZCELİ İ., Akkose S.

ULTRASOUND, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.102-104, 2008 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1179/174313408x305056
  • Dergi Adı: ULTRASOUND
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.102-104
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Emergency medicine, Sonography, Ultrasound, Turkey
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Emergency departments in Turkey have been steadily improving their services since emergency medicine began as a specialty over 12 years ago, but bedside ultrasound (US) has not been implemented widely. In order to learn the extent of ultrasound usage and training opportunities, a 27-question survey was distributed to emergency medicine-trained physicians working in emergency departments at ten university hospitals (the busiest one in each geographical region, plus three others), which are referral centres covering over half of the country's population.