TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of Point-of-Care Handheld Ultrasound for Splenomegaly in United States-Bound Refugees
T2 - A Novel Technology with Far-Reaching Implications
AU - Kummer, Tim
AU - Medley, Alexandra M.
AU - Klosovsky, Alexander
AU - Mann, Erin M
AU - Mburu, Patricia
AU - Ekernas, Karen
AU - Bonass, Betty
AU - Stauffer, Jacob C.
AU - Walukaga, Stewart
AU - Weinberg, Michelle
AU - Dunlop, Stephen J.
AU - Stauffer, William M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support: This work is supported by International Organization for Migration Award No. NU50CK000495.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Ultrasound (US) is an invaluable clinical tool. New point-of-care US technology holds great promise for hard-to-reach and mobile populations such as refugees. The implementation of US in unique and challenging settings has been hindered by cost, fragility of equipment, need for uninterrupted electricity, training, and difficulty in sharing data/image files impeding quality assurance. The recent development of more flexible, durable, high-quality, low-cost, handheld US technology has offered increased potential to address many of these barriers. We describe a pilot program using a new point-of-care US technology to identify and monitor splenomegaly in United States-bound Congolese refugees. This experience and model may hold lessons for planning and development of similar approaches in other hard-to-reach mobile populations.
AB - Ultrasound (US) is an invaluable clinical tool. New point-of-care US technology holds great promise for hard-to-reach and mobile populations such as refugees. The implementation of US in unique and challenging settings has been hindered by cost, fragility of equipment, need for uninterrupted electricity, training, and difficulty in sharing data/image files impeding quality assurance. The recent development of more flexible, durable, high-quality, low-cost, handheld US technology has offered increased potential to address many of these barriers. We describe a pilot program using a new point-of-care US technology to identify and monitor splenomegaly in United States-bound Congolese refugees. This experience and model may hold lessons for planning and development of similar approaches in other hard-to-reach mobile populations.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0423
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0423
M3 - Article
C2 - 36450230
AN - SCOPUS:85146192998
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 108
SP - 12
EP - 14
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 1
ER -