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St Neots, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, 2012/06/15 - Patients at Princess Alice Hospice in Esher are benefitting from more efficient and effective care, thanks to the point-of-care ultrasound capabilities offered by SonoSite’s robust and easy-to-use NanoMaxx® system - SonoSite.com.
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Dr Bernadette Lee, Consultant in Palliative Medicine at the Hospice, explained: “Ascites is a major cause of discomfort for some of our patients and, while we have always performed paracentesis at the Hospice, we previously had to refer more complex cases to our local radiology department for ultrasound scanning. The purchase of our NanoMaxx instrument, together with a training course1 on the focused use of ultrasound in palliative care, have allowed us to confirm or exclude ascites or a full urinary bladder, and visualise the structure of the liver in jaundiced patients. The ultrasound images add valuable information to our clinical assessment. We are then able to form management plans with our patients accordingly. For instance, having ultrasound available at the bedside means we are able to drain ascites without delay and minimise the patient’s discomfort.”
“The portability of the NanoMaxx is very helpful. We can visit patients in their own homes thus avoiding the need for frail patients to travel to the Hospice for assessment. The system offers very good image quality and a relatively large screen. We have a second transducer for vascular work, which we will use for assessing deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We also hope to participate in collaborative research to investigate the prevalence and need for treatment of asymptomatic DVTs in our patients, a current hot topic in palliative medicine.”
Reference
1. Lee B, Plastoka M, Watson M. Use of ultrasound in hospice units. European Journal of Palliative Care 2011; 18:277-279.
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SonoSite, Inc. (sonosite.com), a subsidiary of FUJIFILM, is the innovator and world leader in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound and an industry leader in ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology and impedance cardiography equipment. Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by ten subsidiaries and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. SonoSite's small, lightweight systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing high-performance ultrasound to the point of patient care.
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