ULTRASOUND An ultrasound is a medical imaging technique uses high frequency sound waves to look inside the body. During World War 2‚ there was a lot of research of radar and sonar which led to the invention and progress of the ultrasound device. It was invented by Ian Donald in 1957. It was first tested on a pregnant woman but later used for more purposes. The ultrasound was improved and also led to the development of other useful medical instruments such as the device CAVITRON‚ which destroys
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a future ultrasound fellow. Emergency Medicine is founded on medical knowledge combined with technical ability to perform a myriad of diagnostic and treatment procedures. I am constantly reminded as an ER resident of the value in properly performing ultrasounds. It
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or diagnostic purpose.”3 Women want to feel like they know their baby before they are born. The goal of keepsake for ultrasound is to enhance the emotional bond between the mother and her child. Some believe that keepsake ultrasounds actually help the fetus and the mom. Improving the mother’s personal well-being intern improves the health of the fetus. Having a prenatal ultrasound is usually an enjoyable event that combines medical care in family celebration.4 So long as the pregnancy is confirmed
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Ultrasound is a sound pressure with a frequency greater than the limit of human hearing. This limit varies from person to person‚ it is around 20 kilohertz in young adults. 20 kHz is a useful lower limit in describing ultrasound. The making of ultrasound is used in many different fields ‚ a property also used by animals such as bats for hunting. The most well known application of ultrasound is its use in sonography to produce pictures of foetuses in the woman’s womb. Ultrasound is also used for
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Ultrasound Physical effects of ultrasound: 1- Thermal effects 2- Non-thermal effects 3- Effect of US in tissue repair First: thermal effect @ It is due to generation of heat within the tissue due to adsorption of US. @ Tissue with high amount of protein absorbs US more than other tissues. @ Generation of heat within the tissue will decrease pain‚ joint stiffness & increase blood flow. @ Thermal effect achieved if the temperature of the tissue is raised to 40°c - 45°c for at least
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Tim Watson. (2008). Ultrasound in contemporary physiotherapy practice. Ultrasonics ‚ 48‚ 321-329. Abstract Therapeutic Ultrasound is a well established and commonly used practice in the field of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitative sciences. Primarily ultrasound is used in the treatment and repair of soft tissue lesion management used as thermal modality. However in recent practice the non-thermal aspects of Ultrasound as intervention are being employed. Evidence indicates the dose dependant
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diagnostic ultrasound have a role in emergency medicine? Introduction Emergency medicine (EM) is the medical specialty involving care for undifferentiated and unscheduled patients with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. The specialty is not limited to the emergency department and may be practiced in numerous other settings including urgent care clinics‚ ambulances‚ at disaster sites‚ and even through telecommunications technology‚ known as telemedicine. Diagnostic ultrasound is
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knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. One of several views of epistemology‚ the study of human knowledge‚ along with rationalism‚ idealism‚ and historicism‚ empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence‚ especially sensory experience‚ in the formation of ideas‚ over the notion of innate ideas or traditions; empiricists may argue however that traditions (or customs) arise due to relations of previous sense experiences. Empiricism in the philosophy of science emphasizes
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Vanessa Gutierrez Personal Experience – “My Awesome Experience in Orlando‚ Florida” In April of 2013‚ I was traveling along with my mom to Orlando‚ Florida. It was my very first time going to Orlando‚ so I was clearly ecstatic. The main reason we were going was because my cousin who is currently a News Reporter was relocated from Memphis‚ Tennessee to Orlando as of receiving a promotion. So at that time‚ she had recently moved there and was officially settled in her new place. At that
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Although the use of contrast is not heavily spread in ultrasound‚ through studies it has been noted that contrast use in sonography has proven to be helpful in diagnostic imaging. CEUS which is short for contrast enhanced ultrasonography in some cases has been able to distinguish a variety of issues‚ from determining a benign or malignant lesion‚ to determining muscle injuries. According to Sconfienza‚ malignant tumors are presented with several sonographic appearances including the following “rich
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