학술논문
Availability and use of antenatal point‐of‐care ultrasound services within rural South Australian health care.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*PILOT projects
*RURAL health services
*ULTRASONIC imaging
*HEALTH services accessibility
*POINT-of-care testing
*CROSS-sectional method
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*RESEARCH funding
*PRENATAL care
*TELEMEDICINE
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ISSN
1038-5282
Abstract
The article investigates the availability, accessibility and use of obstetric point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) services in regional, rural and remote communities of South Australia. Topics discussed include antenatal care, availability of telehealth, and common indications for ultrasound such as foetal positioning, identification of foetal heart and loss of foetal movement.