<br />
Ultrasound<br />
A case study by<br />
Sara Nikravan, M.D.<br />
Stanford University Hospital & Clinics<br />
Department of Anesthesiology,<br />
Peri-operative and Pain Medicine<br />
Division of Cardiothoracic<br />
Anesthesiology<br />
Division of Critical Care Medicine<br />
A patient<br />
with dyspnea<br />
Philips Lumify case study<br />
Studies advocating point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)<br />
for the assessment of unstable patients by non-<br />
cardiologists were first published over twenty years<br />
ago because of the feasibility, time-effectiveness,<br />
and diagnostic accuracy of POCUS when compared<br />
to more invasive measures. Over the last twenty<br />
years further validation has led to the release<br />
of consensus statements from the American College<br />
of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the American Society<br />
of Echocardiography (ASE), and the American College<br />
of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).1 Both the ASE<br />
and A<a title="Philips-DrNikravan_CaseStudy_FNL page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4b04e1a8?page=1"> Ultrasound A case study by Sara </a>
<a title="Philips-DrNikravan_CaseStudy_FNL page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4b04e1a8?page=2"> A patient with dyspnea Clinical case A 69 year</a>
<a title="Philips-DrNikravan_CaseStudy_FNL page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4b04e1a8?page=3"> The patient had reduced LV systolic function with</a>
<a title="Philips-DrNikravan_CaseStudy_FNL page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4b04e1a8?page=4"> Videos In the videos below, note the reduced LV </a>
<a title="Philips-DrNikravan_CaseStudy_FNL page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4b04e1a8?page=5"> A patient with dyspnea Given his renal failur</a>
<a title="Philips-DrNikravan_CaseStudy_FNL page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4b04e1a8?page=6"> A patient with dyspnea Discussion Determining </a>