Acute internal medicine (AIM) physicians frequently need to rule out potentially life-
threatening pathology more quickly than is possible with a comprehensive standard …

From the Critical Care Echocardiography Service, Intermountain Medical Center (MJL),
Murray, Utah; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic …

Point-of-care (POC) ultrasonography is considered fundamental in emergency medicine
training and recently has become a milestone in critical care fellowship programs as well …

The optimum management of acute medical patients requires prompt and accurate
diagnosis, monitoring and treatment. The clinical history and physical examination remain …

Point-of-care ultrasonography (PoCUS) is increasingly employed in a variety of clinical
settings such as emergency departments and critical care units. A part of PoCUS is point-of …

Medical ultrasound was initially developed and implemented in the 1940s and has since
held a traditional role in fields such as radiology, obstetrics, and cardiology. With the rise of …

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS), especially that of heart, lungs, deep vein
thrombosis, volume status, and free fluid assessments, is a great adjunct to bedside clinical …

From the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine (GD, RT-P., DM-C., MU, AG,
LD) and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (GD, MU), University of …

I read with great interest the study by Oks and colleagues 1 in a recent issue of CHEST
(December 2014) showing the role of point-of-care (POC) ultrasonography (USG) in …

General physicians are expert diagnosticians dealing with acute pathology across all organ
systems and compounded by chronic multimorbidity. This complexity highlights not only the …