Bosch F H, ter Maaten J C, Geers A B M, Gans R O B
Department of Internal Medicine, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Neth J Med. 2012 Dec;70(10):473-5.
The authors discuss the pros and cons with regard to ultrasound for the internist. They state that ultrasonography is seldom used by internists and they suggest several reasons for this. After a brief review of the literature they conclude that using ultrasound would probably benefit patients and would lead to a more rapid diagnosis and an increase in safety while performing invasive diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. The authors suggest that internists use ultrasound in a different way compared with radiologists, cardiologists, etc. They introduce the term binary ultrasound: ultrasound should be used to answer clinical questions with a yes or a no.
作者们讨论了超声检查对于内科医生的利弊。他们指出内科医生很少使用超声检查，并给出了几个原因。在简要回顾文献后，他们得出结论，使用超声检查可能会使患者受益，并能在进行侵入性诊断和治疗干预时实现更快的诊断以及提高安全性。作者们建议内科医生与放射科医生、心脏病专家等使用超声检查的方式有所不同。他们引入了“二元超声”这一术语：超声检查应用于回答临床问题，答案为“是”或“否”。
