POCUS Journal Volume 10, Issue 02, released November 2025
Benjamin T. Galen – This November 2025 issue highlights the breadth of POCUS innovation, from patient-centered reflections to practical advances in vascular assessment. It also includes a comprehensive guide to effective peer review, offering tools applicable across research fields.
Tanping Wong; Riya Soni; Casey Glass – This article offers prospective peer reviewers structured guidance to build confidence and enable them to perform effective reviews.
David Purkarthofer, Simon Orlob – This letter discusses a structured approach to POCUS teaching that supports learner autonomy and skill development.
Anelah McGinness; Sarah Hancock; Megan Hilbert; Jane Soung; Emily Lovallo – This study evaluates the effectiveness, retention, engagement, and acceptability of adaptive spaced education (spacED) for improving the accuracy of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) image interpretation by medical students.
Sanjay A. Patel – This article details the transformative experience of a medical intern using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to visualize a patient’s severe alcohol-related cirrhosis and cardiomyopathy.
Pedro Jose Cruz Guzman; Karen Lidsky; William Hanna – This case report describes a 5-month-old ex-premature infant who developed cardiac tamponade associated with PICC line malposition. Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) was used to diagnose and effectively manage the condition peri-arrest via emergent pericardiocentesis.
Santiago Beltramino; Giuliano Gaudenzi; Jhon Mauricio Rojas; Agustín Manchado Bruno – This study evaluates the concordance between two views in ventilated and non-ventilated patients, categorizing the IVC as small, intermediate, or large.
Henry Mayo-Malasky; Daniel Ying; Alekhya Bukkuri; Paul H. Mayo – This study compares the measurement of SBP using point of care ultrasound (POCUS) with color Doppler to the measurement of SBP using an intraarterial catheter
Priyanka Sridhar; Paru Patrawalla; Boram Kim – This study evaluates the feasibility, clinical impact, indications, practices, and findings associated with lung POCUS in an urban-based pulmonary outpatient clinic
Michael Dong, Rebecca Davis, F. Mae West, Gillian Naro, Arthur Au, Jonathan Foster, Jillian Cooper – This study presents a patient case with bilateral lung points in the absence of pneumothorax.