Proficiency in lung ultrasound and perceived barriers to adoption among emergency physicians after a short pneumonia training programme: a multicentre observational study in Swiss emergency department

Cécile Bessat, Alizé Erard, Alexia Roux, Thomas Brahier, Veronique Suttels, Roland Bingisser, Markus Schwendinger, Tim Bulaty, Yvan Fournier, Vincent Della Santa, Magali Pfeil, Dominique Schwab, Jörg D Leuppi, Nicolas Geigy, Stephan Steuer, Friedemann Roos, Michael Christ, Adriana Sirova, Alexandra Atzl, Fabian Napieralski, Damien Tagan, Werner C Albricht, Olivier Hugli, Noémie Boillat-Blanco, Elena Garcia

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116508
Published: 2026-09
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116508,
  title = {Proficiency in lung ultrasound and perceived barriers to adoption among emergency physicians after a short pneumonia training programme: a multicentre observational study in Swiss emergency department},
  author = {Cécile Bessat and Alizé Erard and Alexia Roux and Thomas Brahier and Veronique Suttels and Roland Bingisser and Markus Schwendinger and Tim Bulaty and Yvan Fournier and Vincent Della Santa and Magali Pfeil and Dominique Schwab and Jörg D Leuppi and Nicolas Geigy and Stephan Steuer and Friedemann Roos and Michael Christ and Adriana Sirova and Alexandra Atzl and Fabian Napieralski and Damien Tagan and Werner C Albricht and Olivier Hugli and Noémie Boillat-Blanco and Elena Garcia},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116508},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116508}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Proficiency in lung ultrasound and perceived barriers to adoption among emergency physicians after a short pneumonia training programme: a multicentre observational study in Swiss emergency department
AU  - Cécile Bessat
AU  - Alizé Erard
AU  - Alexia Roux
AU  - Thomas Brahier
AU  - Veronique Suttels
AU  - Roland Bingisser
AU  - Markus Schwendinger
AU  - Tim Bulaty
AU  - Yvan Fournier
AU  - Vincent Della Santa
AU  - Magali Pfeil
AU  - Dominique Schwab
AU  - Jörg D Leuppi
AU  - Nicolas Geigy
AU  - Stephan Steuer
AU  - Friedemann Roos
AU  - Michael Christ
AU  - Adriana Sirova
AU  - Alexandra Atzl
AU  - Fabian Napieralski
AU  - Damien Tagan
AU  - Werner C Albricht
AU  - Olivier Hugli
AU  - Noémie Boillat-Blanco
AU  - Elena Garcia
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116508
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116508
ER  -

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Bessat, C., Erard, A., Roux, A., Brahier, T., Suttels, V., Bingisser, R., Schwendinger, M., Bulaty, T., Fournier, Y., Santa, V. D., Pfeil, M., Schwab, D., Leuppi, J. D., Geigy, N., Steuer, S., Roos, F., Christ, M., Sirova, A., Atzl, A., Napieralski, F., Tagan, D., Albricht, W. C., Hugli, O., Boillat-Blanco, N., & Garcia, E. (2026). Proficiency in lung ultrasound and perceived barriers to adoption among emergency physicians after a short pneumonia training programme: a multicentre observational study in Swiss emergency department. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116508

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