Ultrasound
A case study by
Sara Nikravan, M.D.
Stanford University Hospital & Clinics
Department of Anesthesiology,
Peri-operative and Pain Medicine
Division of Cardiothoracic
Anesthesiology
Division of Critical Care Medicine
A patient
with dyspnea
Philips Lumify case study
Studies advocating point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
for the assessment of unstable patients by non-
cardiologists were first published over twenty years
ago because of the feasibility, time-effectiveness,
and diagnostic accuracy of POCUS when compared
to more invasive measures. Over the last twenty
years further validation has led to the release
of consensus statements from the American College
of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the American Society
of Echocardiography (ASE), and the American College
of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).1 Both the ASE
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