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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2025

Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in the Critical Care Unit: An Update.

Keith Guevarra, Yonatan Greenstein

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Keith GuevarraDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, University Hospital Building, 150 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA. Kpg42@njms.rutgers.edu.
Yonatan GreensteinDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, University Hospital Building, 150 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis article outlines updates in point of care ultrasonography. RECENT

findingsImproving diagnostic accuracy and image quality is continuing to evolve in Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS). This include incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and use of other modalities such as Doppler in lung ultrasonography. Transesophageal echocardiography is an emerging option when imaging is difficult to obtain via transthoracic echocardiography. POCUS is becoming instrumental when used during cardiac arrest. Ultrasound (VExUS) Grading System is a promising measurement to assess a patient's volume status. Given the multiple advantages of POCUS usage, competency in POCUS became a requirement of Critical Care fellowship training. POCUS is an important diagnostic modality and guide to medical management. New technological advances such as AI, can serve as a guide to enhance image quality and help accurately obtain quantitative assessments. POCUS has a major role during cardiac arrest and advanced cardiac life support. The clinical utility of POCUS was further substantiated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires critical care programs to include competency in POCUS as part of their training.

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Critical CareHeart ArrestPoint-of-Care SystemsCOVID-19EchocardiographyHumansIntensive Care UnitsSARS-CoV-2UltrasonographyArtificial intelligenceCritical care ultrasonographyEchocardiographyPOCUSPoint-of-care ultrasonographyUpdate

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PMID39954172
PMCPMC11829842

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