Survey on Cardiologists’ Perspectives on Cardiac Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Linda Liu, Christine Chow, Cooper Kersey, Brandon Wiley, Jonathan R. Lindner, Andrew M. Pattock, Carlos L. Alviar, Sula Mazimbag, Yoonsik Cho, Kavita Khaira, James N. Kirkpatrick, Younghoon Kwon – Cardiac point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has been used with increasing frequency. As a result of this trend, this study sought to characterize cardiologists’ perspectives on cardiac POCUS. Methods: An 18-question survey on demographics, cardiac POCUS clinical practice, education, and infrastructure was distributed by 16 academic medical centers.

Pleural Effusion Identified by Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Septic Shock: Impact on Clinical Outcomes

Erick Joel Rendón-Ramírez, Andrés Mauricio Morales-García, Adrián Rendón-Pérez, Homero Nañez-Terreros, Ricardo Cesar Solis, Alexandra Daniela Magaña-García, Samantha Medrano-Juárez, Jose Francisco Caloca-Estrada, Roberto Mercado-Longoria, Jorge Eduardo Leija-Herrera, José M. Porcel – To analyze the association between pleural effusion detected by chest point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and clinical outcomes in patients with septic shock admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).

Implementation and Assessment of a Curriculum for Renal Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training

Yoshiko Ishisaka, Hong Yu Wang, Hayato Mitaka, Elliot Charen, Paru Patrawalla – Renal ultrasound is a non-invasive method to assess for obstructive acute kidney injury (AKI). Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has been shown to be a good screening tool for obstructive AKI, and with formal training, has high sensitivity and specificity. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of integrating a novel renal POCUS curriculum into an existing two-week nephrology rotation for internal medicine residents.

Correlation of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Guided Pupillary Assessment Parameter with Glasgow Coma Scale in Patients with Altered Mental Status– A Cross Sectional Study

Priyanka Modi, Sanjeev Bhoi – Earlier studies have proved deteriorating Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) as a marker of raised intracranial pressure (ICP). Low GCS is associated with abnormal pupillary parameters. Currently, many studies have proved that ultrasound provides a feasible and objective assessment of pupillary light reflex. However, literature is lacking to evaluate objective pupillary parameters to predict GCS of the patients by point of care ultrasound (POCUS).

Team-Based Learning & Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) to Augment a Preclinical Cardiovascular Physiology Course

Mark Danila, Cynthia Zheng, Ryan J. Salvatore, Rachel Cary, Sara Youssef, Grace Pinhal-Enfield, Catherine Chen – There has been increasing interest in point of care ultrasound (POCUS) as a learning tool in preclinical medical anatomy and physiology courses. Few interventions have used team-based learning (TBL) to teach cardiac POCUS.

Sonographic Detection of Iatrogenic Carotid Artery Guidewires During Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization

James H. Moak, Kristen C. Swann, Matthew M. Kongkatong, Jakob E. Ottenhoff, Christopher D. Thom – Visualization of the guidewire during internal jugular (IJ) vein catheterization by point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has been recommended for avoiding inadvertent carotid artery dilation. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of POCUS for identifying guidewires inappropriately placed in the carotid artery.

Just In Time! Assessment of Internal Medicine Resident Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Attitudes and Behaviors After Spaced Intervention at Two Residency Programs

Kevin M. Piro, Patricia A. Carney, Christopher J. Smith – Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is a complex psychomotor skill that requires scaffolded support for skill acquisition. However, the effect of spaced curricular elements on learner POCUS behaviors are not clearly understood.

Piloting a Diagnostic Foot and Ankle Fracture Sonographic Algorithm with Rural and Adolescent Patients

Tomas Alamin, Margaret Lin-Martore, Aaron E. Kornblith, Aidan O’Donnell, Sally Gragalia – Foot and ankle injuries are a common presenting complaint to the Emergency Department (ED) and are often assessed with plain radiography. Rural environments may not have access to radiography mandating the referral or transfer patients to regional centers for definitive diagnosis.

Knowledge and Confidence Among Five Cohorts of Faculty Learners in a Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Program: Factors Defining Learner Success

Michael Janjigian, Anne Dembitzer, Isaac Holmes, Caroline Srisarajivakul-Klein, Khemraj Hardowar, Harald Sauthoff – The availability of faculty proficient in point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a barrier to the ongoing expansion of POCUS across the field of internal medicine. We sought to examine the faculty graduates of our institutional POCUS program to identify characteristics associated with long-term proficiency to inform curricula and guide institutional support.

Association Between Standard Gait Measures and Anterior Quadriceps Muscle Thickness as Measured by Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Uyanga Ganbat, Boris Feldman, Shane Arishenkoff, Graydon S. Meneilly, Kenneth M. Madden – Gait parameters and sarcopenia both predict falls risk among older adults. Our objective was to evaluate whether fast, easy-to-obtain measures of anterior thigh muscle by point of care ultrasound (POCUS) are significantly associated with standard gait measures.

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