Acquiring and maintaining point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) competence for anesthesiologists

• Published in: Canadian journal of anesthesia Vol. 65; no. 4; pp. 427 - 436
• Main Authors: McCormick, T. Jared, Miller, Elizabeth Clarke, Chen, Robert, Naik, Viren N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; Cardiology; Critical Care Medicine; Intensive; Medical personnel; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Pain Medicine; Pediatrics; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Point of care testing; Review Article/Brief Review; Terminology; Ultrasonic imaging

Purpose Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) involves the bedside use of ultrasound to answer specific diagnostic questions and to assess real-time physiologic responses to treatment. Although POCUS has become a well-established resource for emergency and critical care physicians, anesthesiologists are...