Point-of-care ultrasound: its growing application in hospital medicine

Kingwill, Aidan; Barker, Graham; Wong, Adrian

doi:10.12968/hmed.2017.78.9.492

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“…This has expanded to an approach where the "whole body" can be examined with ultrasound at the bedside, to answer a well-defined clinical question. This point-of care ultrasound (PoCUS) approach is a new clinical diagnostic paradigm that is considered as the 21 st century extension of the physical exam (2).…”

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Focus on PoCUS or hocus pocus? Integrating point-of-care ultrasound into residency and clinical practice

Vernieuwe¹,

Putte²,

Deen³

et al. 2020

Acta Anaest Belg

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Point-of care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a new clinical diagnostic paradigm that plays an instrumental role in the ongoing anesthesiologist’s evolving role towards a perioperative physician. Currently, there are few approved curricula that incorporate a PoCUS program into anesthesia residency. This article examines relevant PoCUS applications for anesthesiologists, presents an overview of existing international guidelines for education and training, and reflects on the need for specialty-wide standards. We present a possible framework, that could offer a first move towards a structured PoCUS pathway for Belgian anesthesia residents and facilitate its incorporation into national anesthesia practice.

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Focus on PoCUS or hocus pocus? Integrating point-of-care ultrasound into residency and clinical practice

Vernieuwe¹,

Putte²,

Deen³

et al. 2020

Acta Anaest Belg

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“…Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a new clinical diagnostic paradigm considered to be the 21st century extension of the physical exam 2 . In 2020, four of the authors of the following manuscript published an article in the Acta Anesthesiologica Belgica on the integration of PoCUS into residency and clinical practice 1 .…”

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Expert recommendations on education, training and certification in perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Belgium (BePOCUS)

Putte¹,

Vernieuwe²,

Bouchez³

et al. 2023

Acta Anaest Belg

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Point-of care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a diagnostic paradigm, instrumental in the evolving anaesthesiologist’s role towards a perioperative physician. The purpose of this article is to propose expert suggestions for a national standard towards official certification in perioperative PoCUS. Previously published recommendations in this journal constituted a first move towards a structured PoCUS pathway for Belgian anaesthesia residents1. This article defines in detail a pathway towards obtaining competency in airway ultrasound, lung ultrasound, gastric ultrasound, hemodynamic volume assessment, basic transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. An updated overview of the international literature on the education of perioperative PoCUS serves as a scientific backbone.

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“…When these cyclic waves propagate through a medium, they induce mechanical forces. Medical US applications vary depending on ultrasound parameters such as frequency, duty cycle, wavelength, energy, power, and intensity [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]. US parameters determine how the ultrasound waves are transmitted, attenuated, and reflected through the tissue.…”

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Low-Intensity Continuous Ultrasound Therapies—A Systematic Review of Current State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives

Uddin

Komatsu

Motyka

et al. 2021

JCM

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Therapeutic ultrasound has been studied for over seven decades for different medical applications. The versatility of ultrasound applications are highly dependent on the frequency, intensity, duration, duty cycle, power, wavelength, and form. In this review article, we will focus on low-intensity continuous ultrasound (LICUS). LICUS has been well-studied for numerous clinical disorders, including tissue regeneration, pain management, neuromodulation, thrombosis, and cancer treatment. PubMed and Google Scholar databases were used to conduct a comprehensive review of all research studying the application of LICUS in pre-clinical and clinical studies. The review includes articles that specify intensity and duty cycle (continuous). Any studies that did not identify these parameters or used high-intensity and pulsed ultrasound were not included in the review. The literature review shows the vast implication of LICUS in many medical fields at the pre-clinical and clinical levels. Its applications depend on variables such as frequency, intensity, duration, and type of medical disorder. Overall, these studies show that LICUS has significant promise, but conflicting data remain regarding the parameters used, and further studies are required to fully realize the potential benefits of LICUS.

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Point-of-care ultrasound: its growing application in hospital medicine

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Focus on PoCUS or hocus pocus? Integrating point-of-care ultrasound into residency and clinical practice

Focus on PoCUS or hocus pocus? Integrating point-of-care ultrasound into residency and clinical practice

Expert recommendations on education, training and certification in perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Belgium (BePOCUS)

Low-Intensity Continuous Ultrasound Therapies—A Systematic Review of Current State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives

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