ULTRASOUND IS A REVOLUTIONARY, noninvasive imaging tool that, when used and interpreted
by trained personnel in the proper clinical situation, can provide correct diagnosis
and treatment. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is defined as a handheld, mobile,
broadly applied ultrasound machine capable of performing limited studies at bedside
to provide answers to focused, closed-ended, binary questions.
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Over the last 15 years, the medical literature has demonstrated the importance of
this tool in medical practice,
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with applications including delineation of airway structures, lung pathology, cardiac
structure and function, gastric volume and content, guided vascular procedures, and
emergent focused assessment with sonography for trauma examination.
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However, this readily accessible tool cannot completely replace patient history,
physical examination, clinical judgment, and other formal imaging modalities read
by a specialist for the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of patient clinical status.
There is a concern for overdiagnosis and undertreatment of various clinical pathologies
using POCUS, and future direction is needed to optimize this diagnostic tool and prevent
overdiagnosis and undertreatment.Keywords
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