Point-of-care ultrasound in Management for Dyspneic Uremic Patients: a case report

• Published in: BMC nephrology Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 463
• Main Authors: Wang, Pei-Hsiu, Lien, Wan-Ching
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.12.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Case Report; Case reports; Clinical medicine; Creatinine; Diagnosis; Dyspnea; Edema; Effusion; Electrocardiography; Emergency medical care; Etiology; Etiology (Medicine); Family medical history; Heart; Hemodialysis; Kidney diseases; Laboratories; Medical schools; Mortality; Nephrology; Pain; Patient care; Patients; Pericardial effusion; Pericarditis; Physicians; Point-of-care ultrasound; Respiration; Signs; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; Urea; Uremia; Uremic pericarditis; Urine; United States > US; Uremic pericarditis; Point-of-care ultrasound; Uremia; Pericardial effusion

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) is considered as an extension of clinicians' patient care and can be integrated into daily clinical practice. Dyspnea is a common presentation in uremic patients. With the aids of PoCUS and integrated assessments of lung, heart and inferior vena cava (IVC), the...