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The patients were randomly assigned to POCUS or control group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>POCUS patients received systematic ultrasound examination of optic nerve, lung\/pleura, heart, abdomen, and venous system, performed at the bedside by trained intensivists. Control patients were treated by critical care specialists who do not perform ultrasound in their clinical practice.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We included 80 patients, 40 per group. There were no significant differences in age, sex, APACHE II score, or admission diagnosis. POCUS group used fewer resources per patient in the first 5\u00a0days of hospitalization: chest radiography (2.6\u2009\u00b1\u20092.0 vs 4.1\u2009\u00b1\u20093.5,\n                      <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u20090.01), additional ultrasound evaluations performed by a radiology specialist (0.6\u2009\u00b1\u20090.7 vs 1.1\u2009\u00b1\u20090.7,\n                      <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u20090.002), and computed tomography studies (0.5\u2009\u00b1\u20090.6 vs 0.9\u2009\u00b1\u20090.7,\n                      <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u20090.007). Time to perform any requested ultrasound evaluation after ICU admission was 2.1\u2009\u00b1\u20091.6\u00a0h versus 7.7\u2009\u00b1\u20096.7\u00a0h (\n                      <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u20090.001). Systematic ultrasound evaluation led to better characterization of ICU admission diagnosis in 14 (35%) patients and change in clinical management in 24 (60%). POCUS group had lower fluid balance at 48 and 96\u00a0h after admission (\n                      <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u20090.01) and spent less time mechanically ventilated (5.1\u2009\u00b1\u20095.7\u00a0days vs 8.8\u2009\u00b1\u20099.4,\n                      <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u20090.03).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Systematic application of POCUS may decrease utilization of conventional diagnostic imaging resources and time of mechanical ventilation, and facilitate meticulous intravenous fluid administration in critically ill patients during the first week of stay in the ICU.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Trial registration<\/jats:italic>\n                      ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03608202.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13089-019-0139-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,8]],"date-time":"2019-10-08T05:02:39Z","timestamp":1570510959000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":46,"title":["Impact of an ultrasound-driven diagnostic protocol at early intensive-care stay: a randomized-controlled trial"],"prefix":"10.5826","volume":"11","clinical-trial-number":[{"clinical-trial-number":"nct03608202","registry":"10.18810\/clinical-trials-gov"}],"author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6355-652X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julio","family":"Pontet","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Yic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 L.","family":"D\u00edaz-G\u00f3mez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pablo","family":"Rodriguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Igor","family":"Sviridenko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Diego","family":"M\u00e9ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sylvia","family":"Noveri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Soca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mario","family":"Cancela","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"27750","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"139_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2479","DOI":"10.1097\/CCM.0000000000001216","volume":"43","author":"HL Frankel","year":"2015","unstructured":"Frankel HL, Kirkpatrick AW, Elbarbary M et al (2015) Guidelines for the appropriate use of bedside general and cardiac ultrasonography in the evaluation of critically ill patients\u2014part I: general ultrasonography. 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