RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Point-of-care ultrasonography for the hospitalist
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 345
OP 359
DO 10.3949/ccjm.88a.20141
VO 88
IS 6
A1 Guramrinder Singh Thind
A1 Steven Fox
A1 Mohit Gupta
A1 Praveen Chahar
A1 Robert Jones
A1 Siddharth Dugar
YR 2021
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/88/6/345.abstract
AB Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) has emerged as a vital tool in medicine. Initially used for procedural guidance, POCUS is now used for diagnostics and monitoring of the lung, heart, abdomen, and deep vein thrombosis. This wide applicability makes it an essential tool for hospitalists in daily clinical practice. This article provides an overview of the clinical integration of POCUS and basic image interpretation.