EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part I – General Aspects (Short Version)

T. Lorentzen; C. P. Nolsøe; C. Ewertsen; M. B. Nielsen; E. Leen; R. F. Havre; N. Gritzmann; B. Brkljacic; D. Nürnberg; A. Kabaalioglu; D. Strobel; C. Jenssen; F. Piscaglia; O. H. Gilja; P. S. Sidhu; C. F. Dietrich

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1553601

Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ultraschall Med 2015; 36(05): 464-472
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1553601

Guidelines

EFSUMB Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound (INVUS), Part I – General Aspects (Short Version)

EFSUMB Leitlinien Interventioneller Ultraschall (INVUS), Teil I – Allgemeine Aspekte (Kurzversion)

Authors

T. Lorentzen

¹Department of Gastric Surgery, Ultrasound Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
C. P. Nolsøe

¹Department of Gastric Surgery, Ultrasound Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
C. Ewertsen

²Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
M. B. Nielsen

²Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
E. Leen

³Imperial College London and Imaging Department, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, UK
R. F. Havre

⁴National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
N. Gritzmann

⁵Radiologist, Esslinger Hauptstraße 89, 1220 Wien, Austria
B. Brkljacic

⁶University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital „Dubrava“, Zagreb, Croatia
D. Nürnberg

⁷Department of Gastroenterology, Brandenburg University of Medicine Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany
A. Kabaalioglu

⁸Department of Radiology, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Antalya, Turkey
D. Strobel

⁹Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
C. Jenssen

¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland, Strausberg/Wriezen, Germany
F. Piscaglia

¹¹Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Hospital, Bologna, Italy
O. H. Gilja

¹²National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen Norway and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway
P. S. Sidhu

¹³Department of Radiology, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
C. F. Dietrich

¹⁴Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany

¹⁵Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

Abstract

This is the first part of the Guidelines on Interventional Ultrasound of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) and covers all general aspects of ultrasound-guided procedures (short version; the long version is published online).

Zusammenfassung

Der erste Teil der Leitlinien „interventionelle Sonografie” der European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) erörtert die allgemeinen Aspekte sonografisch gestützter und assistierter diagnostischer und therapeutischer Interventionen im Abdomen (Kurzversion; die Langversion ist online publiziert).

Key words

guideline - ultrasound guidance - hygiene - microbiology - safety

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