COUNTERPOINT: Should Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training Programs Require Advanced Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound Competency? No

In a welcome update, the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) revised program requirements for both pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) and critical care medicine fellow...

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BSE launches groundbreaking emergency echo educational resource

Level 1 Library now available

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The challenges of using ultrasound to measure the trachea: a brief report - Critical Care

Background Tracheostomy is a common procedure in intensive care medicine, involving the insertion of an artificial airway through the front of the neck into the trachea. The size of tracheostomy tube ...

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Effectiveness of VExUS scores for predicting mortality among patients followed up in the emergency department due to congestive heart failure: a prospective cross-sectional study - BMC Emergency Medic...

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a major contributor to emergency department (ED) visits and mortality. Traditional diagnostic tools may not fully capture systemic venous congestion, which is a criti...

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Clinical obstacles to machine-learning POCUS adoption and system-wide AI implementation (The COMPASS-AI survey) - The Ultrasound Journal

Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become indispensable in various medical specialties. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) holds significant promise...

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Traditional Chinese medicine for sepsis: advancing from evidence to innovative drug discovery - Critical Care

The global health burden of sepsis is immense, characterized by significant loss of life and high healthcare costs. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), with its over two millennia of clinical practice...

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Weaning failure from mechanical ventilation: a scoping review of the utility of ultrasonography in the weaning process

Weaning failure has been associated with increased hospital stay and higher mortality. Identification of the risk factors that may affect weaning outcome is paramount. Ultrasonography is an excellent ...

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Regional barriers in POCUS training - Critical Care

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Waste and cost assessment of total intravenous anaesthesia... : European Journal of Anaesthesiology | EJA

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GenIUS - ESICM

ESICM certification for practitioners to gain basic competence in critical care ultrasound

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What if we do, but what if we don’t? The opportunity cost of artificial intelligence hesitancy in the intensive care unit - Intensive Care Medicine

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Transcranial sonography: practical use in the intensive care unit

Brain ultrasonography has emerged as a valuable diagnostic and monitoring tool in intensive care, complementing other point-of-care techniques. Transcranial colour-coded duplex (TCCD) offers a rapid, ...

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Differences in anaesthesiologist–surgeon seniority and patient safety: a single-centre mixed-methods study

Junior anaesthesiologists often find it difficult to gain the trust of surgeons, possibly because of their limited experience and unfamiliarity with surgeons. Therefore, they can face pressure when na...

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Infographic - National State of Patient Safety 2024 by IGHI Comms - Infogram

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Central venous catheter-related infections: a systematic review, meta-analysis, trial sequential analysis and meta-regression comparing ultrasound guidance and landmark technique for insertion - Criti...

Background During central venous catheterization (CVC), ultrasound (US) guidance has been shown to reduce mechanical complications and increase success rates compared to the anatomical landmark (AL) t...

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Central venous catheter tip positioning using ultrasound in pediatric patients—A prospective observational study

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UBC IM POCUS

This site is dedicated to promoting Point-of-Care Ultrasound education within Internal Medicine and other disciplines. You’ll find scanning tutorials, interactive cases, an image bank, and more.

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