Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is rapidly gaining international acceptance in the
field of internal medicine. Realizing POCUS's potential to decrease procedural complication
rates [
1
,
- Franco-Sadud R.
- Schnobrich D.
- Matthews B.
- Candotti C.
- Abdel-Ghani S.
- Perez M.
- Rodgers S.
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- Cho J.
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- Lucas B.
- Soni N
Recommendations on the use of ultrasound guidance for central and peripheral vascular
access in adults: a position statement of the society of hospital medicine.
2
,
- Cho J.
- Jensen T.
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- Mathews B.
- Bhagra A.
- Franco-Sadud R.
- Grikis L.
- Mader M.
- Dancel R.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Point-of-care Ultrasound Task Force
Recommendations on the use of ultrasound guidance for adult abdominal paracentesis: a position statement of the society of hospital medicine.
Recommendations on the use of ultrasound guidance for adult abdominal paracentesis: a position statement of the society of hospital medicine.
3
] improve diagnostic accuracy [
[4]
], reduce time to diagnosis [
- Soni N.J.
- Schnobrich D.
- Mathews B.K.
- Tierney D.M.
- Jensen T.P.
- Dancel R.
- Cho J.
- Dversdal R.K.
- Mints G.
- Bhagra A.
- Reierson K.
- Kurian L.M.
- Liu G.Y.
- Candotti C.
- Boesch B.
- LoPresti C.M.
- Lenchus J.
- Wong T.
- Johnson G.
- Maw A.M.
- Franco-Sadud R.
- Lucas B.P
Point-of-care ultrasound for hospitalists: a position statement of the society of
hospital medicine.
[5]
,
[6]
], improve patient satisfaction [
[7]
], and facilitate shared diagnostic understanding at the bedside [
[8]
], internists are turning to ultrasound as one of the most practice-altering innovations
since the invention of the stethoscope over 200 years ago. While some enthusiasts
have been teaching and advocating for POCUS's internal medicine applications for years,
there seems to have been a spike in demand for learning POCUS more recently; initially
by those providers in the acute medicine fields of hospital medicine and critical
care [
[9]
,
Point of care ultrasound certificate of completion, https://www.chestnet.org/Education/Advanced-Clinical-Training/Certificate-of-Completion-Program/SHM-COC; 2020[accessed 3 February 2020].
[10]
], but more recently by those in the outpatient setting as well [
- LoPresti C.M.
- Boyd J.S.
- Schott C.
- Core M.
- Lucas B.P.
- Colon-Molero A.
- Kessler C.
- Mader M.J.
- Haro E.K.
- Finley E.P.
- Restrepo M.I.
- Pugh J.
- Soni N.J
A national needs assessment of point-of-care ultrasound training for hospitalists.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2019; 94 (Erratum in: Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Dec;94(12):2597): 1910-1912https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.07.016
[11]
].ACP statement in support of point of care ultrasound in internal medicine, https://www.acponline.org/meetings-courses/focused-topics/point-of-care-ultrasound-pocus-for-internal-medicine/acp-statement-in-support-of-point-of-care-ultrasound-in-internal-medicine; 2019[accessed 3 February 2020].
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Publication history
Published online: March 17, 2020
Accepted:
February 29,
2020
Received in revised form:
February 25,
2020
Received:
February 8,
2020
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