Search results for "POCUS"
Internal medicine residents report high interest, limited competence in hospital medicine
More than half of surveyed residents expected to work in hospital medicine in the future, but only 30% felt confident of their competence to perform procedures or point-of-care ultrasound, and most expressed desire for more instruction in these and other areas.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/16/internal-medicine-residents-report-high-interest-limited-competence-in-hospital-medicine.htm
16 Oct 2024
POCUS increased safety of paracentesis in patients with ascites, trainee study finds
Use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) before paracentesis significantly changed the needle insertion location in two-thirds of studied cases, and six procedures were cancelled based on POCUS findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/11/3.htm
11 Aug 2021
POCUS catches on
Credentialing and training hospitalists to use handheld ultrasounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/pocus-catches-on.htm
15 Aug 2017
POCUS can be used by hospitalists to rule out DVT in ward patients
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) showed a sensitivity of 100%, a specificity of 95.8%, a positive predictive value of 61.5%, and a negative predictive value of 100% for diagnosing deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in a prospective study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/1.htm
14 Aug 2019
September 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/
August 2017
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/
ACP issues guidelines on use of high-flow nasal oxygen, point-of-care ultrasound
New guidelines from the College suggest when to use high-flow nasal oxygen rather than noninvasive ventilation or conventional oxygen therapy and address the use of point-of-care ultrasound in ED and inpatient diagnostic pathways for acute dyspnea.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/1.htm
5 May 2021
January 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/
June 29, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/29/
SHM issues position statements on ultrasound and abdominal paracentesis
One statement from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) reviewed the use of point-of-care ultrasound, while the other offered 12 recommendations on the use of ultrasound guidance for adult abdominal paracentesis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/09/1.htm
9 Jan 2019