Background Implementation of pointofcare ultrasonography (POCUS) of the heart and
lungs requires image acquisition skills among providers. We aimed to determine the effect of …

Purpose The primary aim was to investigate if treatment guided by serial ultrasound of the
inferior vena cava-collapsibility index (IVC-CI) and B-lines on lung ultrasound (LUS) could …

Background Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has the
potential to detect subclinical cases for secondary prevention, but is constrained by …

Background and aims: The introduction of a new type of small handheld ultrasound device
brings greater portability and affordability in a different setting. The basic ultrasound …

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes an atypical acute
respiratory distress syndrome associated with thromboembolism and high shunt fraction …

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is the cornerstone of imaging in patients with a
malignancy in all stages of their treatment—before, during, and after the completion of it—to …

Proficiency in echocardiography and lung ultrasound has become essential for
anesthesiologists and critical care physicians. Nonetheless, comprehensive …

2. Materials and methods This is an interventional study enrolling consecutive patients
admitted from April 2016 to October 2017 to the “Medicina ad Indirizzo Fisiopatologico” Unit …

Acute aortic syndromes (AASs) are severe conditions defined by dissection, hemorrhage,
ulceration or rupture of the thoracic aorta. AASs share etiological and pathophysiological …

This article in our point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) series discusses the benefits of focused
cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) for the regional anesthesiologist and pain specialist. Focused …