TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Introduction
A1  - Baston, Cameron M.
A1  - Moore, Christy
A1  - Krebs, Elizabeth A.
A1  - Dean, Anthony J.
A1  - Panebianco, Nova
PY  - 2018
T2  - Pocket Guide to POCUS: Point-of-Care Tips for Point-of-Care Ultrasound
AB  - Point-of-care  ultrasound  (POCUS)  has  been  used  clinically  since  the  1980s.  Improved  machine  image  quality,  portability,  lower  cost,  and  increased  evidence  for  the  diagnostic  utility  of  point-of-care  ultrasound  has  moved  the  probe  firmly  into  the  hand  of  the  bedside  practitioner.  In  the  time-pressured  setting  of  the  emergency  department  (ED),  clinicians  have  discovered  new  uses  and  created  innovative  workflows  to  integrate  bedside  ultrasound  into  clinical  decision  making.  Critical  care  and  other  fields  have  followed  suit,  and  burgeoning  activity  within  general  internal  medicine  is  creating  a  niche  for  this  imaging  method.  We  clearly  believe  that  point-of-care  ultrasound  benefits  patients  and  physicians  by  improving  diagnostic  accuracy  while  bringing  the  physician  back  to  the  bedside  and  protecting  patients  from  ionizing  radiation.  After  your  first  time  finding  the  unexpected  cardiac  tamponade  in  a  patient  with  undifferentiated  shock  or  getting  a  peripheral  IV  in  the  otherwise  “impossible”  patient,  we  think  you  will  see  the  value  in  point-of-care  ultrasound,  as  well.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161757437
ER  -