ArticleThe ultrasound journal2024
VExUS: common misconceptions, clinical use and future directions.
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- Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound Utilization in Abdominal Organ Transplantation. Part II: Postoperative Care.Clinical transplantation · 2026Review
- VExUS in Mechanical Circulatory Support: Unveiling the Role of Doppler Ultrasound in Assessing Venous Congestion.POCUS journal · 2026Article
- The fluid paradox: dissociation between clinical and ultrasound parameters of fluid overload - results of the INCIVEX exploratory study.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2026Observational
- Extended venous excess ultrasound: A promising addition to point-of-care ultrasound-based venous congestion assessment.World journal of cardiology · 2026Review
- Renal congestion syndrome in critically ill patients: a neglected mechanism of acute kidney injury - A narrative review.Annals of intensive care · 2026Review
- Venous congestion in critical care: combining VExUS, lung ultrasound, and echocardiography.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- The rise of point-of-care ultrasound in cardiopulmonary diagnostics.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2026Review
- Assessing venous congestion in critical illness: advantages of the inferior vena cava shape change index over diameter.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- Lung ultrasound in nephrology: Basics, applications, limitations, and future directions.World journal of nephrology · 2025Review
- VExUS and right ventricular to pulmonary artery uncoupling.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- How we use ultrasound to support clinical decisions on fluid administration in critical ill patients.Intensive care medicine · 2025Article
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- Current appraisal of venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) and its applications in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.Future cardiology · 2025Review
- Relationship between point-of-care ultrasound venous congestion assessment parameters, intravenous pressure, and venous return: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective cohort study.The ultrasound journal · 2025Article
- VExUS Protocol Along Cardiorenal Syndrome: An Updated Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
There has been a significant interest in venous congestion in recent years, among which the VExUS score has been prominent, both in clinical practice and research efforts. We have noted some recurrent misconceptions among clinicians which are also reflected in certain research efforts. Notably, the misguided attempt to correlate VExUS to volume status, which is only one of the factors influencing it, as well as attempts to re-interpret VExUS in the context of certain pathologies, which reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of its circulatory perspective. In this article we review the physiological basis of the VExUS assessment as a measure and marker of venous congestion from the organs' standpoint and its role as part of the emerging concept of fluid tolerance, in hopes to address these misconceptions for clinicians and for important further studies.
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