Point of Care Ultrasound: A WFUMB Position Paper |
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| Authors: | Christoph F. Dietrich Adrian Goudie Liliana Chiorean Xin Wu Cui Odd Helge Gilja Yi Dong Jacques S. Abramowicz Sudhir Vinayak Susan Campbell Westerway Christian Pállson Nolsøe Yi-Hong Chou Michael Blaivas |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Medical Department, Caritas-Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany;2. Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, China;3. Emergency Department, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia;4. Département d''imagerie médicale, Clinique des Cévennes 07100 Annonay, France;5. National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;6. Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;7. Department of Imaging & Diagnostic Radiology, WFUMB COE, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya;11. Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia;12. Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Ultrasound Section, Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Surgery, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;8. Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;9. University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, Columbus, Georgia, USA |
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| Abstract: | Over the last decade, the use of portable ultrasound scanners has enhanced the concept of point of care ultrasound (PoC-US), namely, “ultrasound performed at the bedside and interpreted directly by the treating clinician.” PoC-US is not a replacement for comprehensive ultrasound, but rather allows physicians immediate access to clinical imaging for rapid and direct solutions. PoC-US has already revolutionized everyday clinical practice, and it is believed that it will dramatically change how ultrasound is applied in daily practice. However, its use and teaching are different from continent to continent and from country to country. This World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology position paper discusses the current status and future perspectives of PoC-US. Particular attention is given to the different uses of PoC-US and its clinical significance, including within emergency and critical care medicine, cardiology, anesthesiology, rheumatology, obstetrics, neonatology, gynecology, gastroenterology and many other applications. In the future, PoC-US will be more diverse than ever and be included in medical student training. |
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| Keywords: | Guidelines Intervention Neonatology Echoscopy Stethoscope |
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