As internists grapple with the care needs of an increasingly complex patient population
with multimorbidity [
[1]
], the need for a bedside tool that will allow a more comprehensive and better assessment
of our patients is abundantly clear. Over the last decade, evidence supporting the
use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in internal medicine has gradually accumulated.
Its use has been demonstrated to:
- Onder G.
- Palmer K.
- Navickas R.
- Jurevičienė E.
- Mammarella F.
- Strandzheva M.
- Mannucci P.
- Pecorelli S.
- Marengoni A.
Time to face the challenge of multimorbidity. A European perspective from the joint
action on chronic diseases and promoting healthy ageing across the life cycle (JA-CHRODIS).
Eur J Intern Med. 2015; 26: 157-159
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Publication history
Published online: March 13, 2020
Accepted:
March 6,
2020
Received:
March 3,
2020
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