ReviewCureus2022
The Benefits and Barriers of Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Primary Healthcare in the United States.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Point-of-care ultrasound diagnostic accuracy for fecal impaction in the emergency department: a prospective study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Trial
- Pseudomeningocele formed after spinal surgery detected using point-of-care ultrasound.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026Article
- Ultrasonographic features ofRadiology case reports · 2026Article
- [Patient-centered clinical ultrasound: Reflections prompted by a recent article].Atencion primaria · 2026Article
- Impact of educational level on medical students' ability to learn abdominal point-of-care ultrasonography: a pilot study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Pediatric faculty attitudes on point-of-care ultrasound education in residency: a multicenter study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Multiparametric Ultrasound for Preoperative Assessment of Parotid Tumors: A Novel Diagnostic Pathway.Head & neck · 2026Article
- A professional training simulator for skill acquisition in ultrasound-guided lumbar facet syndrome intervention: design and educational evaluation.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Point-of-care ultrasonography in Turkish primary care: a qualitative exploration of practice and experience.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Critical Care Ultrasound use Among Providers in Neurocritical Units: A National Survey.Neurocritical care · 2025Article
- Performance of the Cardiovascular Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Exam by Internal Medicine Residents.POCUS journal · 2025Article
- Stfm Announces New Point of Care Ultrasound Task Force and Initiative on POCUS Family Medicine Education.Annals of family medicine · 2025Article
- Comparison of two point-of-care lung ultrasound techniques and their associated outcomes for bronchiolitis in the pediatric emergency department.The ultrasound journal · 2025Article
- When is synthetic sufficient? Ethical considerations and alternatives in simulation-based ultrasound education.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2025Article
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- Current perception and barriers to implementing lung ultrasound in Canadian neonatal intensive care units: a national survey.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Facilitators, barriers, and changes in POCUS use: longitudinal follow-up after participation in a national point-of-care ultrasound training course in Japan.The ultrasound journal · 2024Article
- Barriers to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Utilization Among Emergency Medicine Residents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Frequent Cardiovascular Diseases: A Review.Cureus · 2023Review
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
An effective healthcare system should embrace practices that enhance overall quality and productivity. Training primary care physicians in Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) has become part of the processes that improve the quality of patient care and serve to guide the diagnostic impression quickly and effectively. With the purpose of highlighting the applications and challenges of POCUS use in US primary health care, we conducted a narrative review based on PubMed-indexed and Cochrane Library English text publications searched in May-July 2022 using a combination of key terms including point of care ultrasound, primary care, and US healthcare. Many studies have shown that POCUS has a positive impact on fostering medical attention and reducing morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Besides assisting in procedures, POCUS has a head-to-toe application in evaluating inflammatory and infectious conditions, acute abdomen, cardiopulmonary function, musculoskeletal and vascular pathologies. However, its uniform implementation is limited across the US healthcare system due to multitudes of barriers such as lack of training, resource scarcity, and low reimbursement. Training primary care physicians in general and emergency care providers, in particular, is key to scaleup POCUS use. Large size studies are paramount to further explore the effectiveness of POCUS and identify key challenges to its implementation.
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