Role of portable ultrasound during a short-term medical service trip to rural Guatemala: a collaborative mission of trainees and physicians

• Main Authors: Ahmed Elsayes (Author), Scott Rohren (Author), Nadim Islam (Author), Katherine Blair (Author), Alicia Silvestre (Author), Daniela Segura (Author), Theodore Dubinsky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Access to health care in developing countries is scarce. One solution to this problem has been for doctors from the USA to provide single-visit care through short-term medical service trips. There is interest in using ultrasound imaging as a portable diagnostic tool; however, data desc...