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Article| March 2021 ASA's Certificate of Completion in Diagnostic POCUS: Providing the Pathway to Competence for Anesthesiologists McKenzie Hollon, MD, FASE; McKenzie Hollon, MD, FASE Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar William Manson, MD William Manson, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor March 2021, Vol. 85, 10. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737036.54117.1d Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation McKenzie Hollon, William Manson; ASA's Certificate of Completion in Diagnostic POCUS: Providing the Pathway to Competence for Anesthesiologists. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:10 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000737036.54117.1d Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: point-of-care ultrasonography As anesthesiologists, we are constantly confronted with the need to make real-time decisions in patient management. Our decisions are guided by our ability to assess our patient's current situation and make a fast, accurate diagnosis, or at least exclude dangerous possibilities. Point-of-care ultrasound, or POCUS, has revolutionized the ability of bedside physicians to obtain diagnostic information with the availability of portable, reliable, safe, and low-cost imaging. Further, the utility and value of POCUS for cardiovascular, pulmonary, and abdominal POCUS is supported by an ever-expanding body of literature (Anesthesiology 2020;132:908-16; Anesth Analg 2017;124:753-60). Although the emergence of POCUS has exploded in recent years, incorporation into anesthetic practice is far from widespread. The term POCUS refers to the use of ultrasound for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in real time. The physician performing the POCUS examination acquires and interprets... © 2021 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), All Rights Reserved.2021 You do not currently have access to this content.
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