Position Statements from Other Medical Societies
Critical Care Medicine Guidelines
In June 2016, Critical Care Medicine published Part II of guidelines for the appropriate use of bedside general andcardiac ultrasonography in the evaluation of critically ill patients. Part I of...
Cardiology POCUS Support Statement
Introduction With the ever-changing landscape of health care delivery in the United States, a greater proportion of patients are receiving their initial care and diagnostic testing in emergency...
Hospitalists Guidelines
Abstract Many hospitalists incorporate point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) into their daily practice to answer specific diagnostic questions or to guide performance of invasive bedside procedures....
Canadian Internal Medicine Guidelines
Abstract Bedside point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly used to assess medical patients. At present, no consensus exists for what POCUS curriculum is appropriate for internal medicine...
American College of Internal Medicine Physicians
The American College of Physicians is formally acknowledging the important role of point-of-care ultrasound(POCUS) in internal medicine. In recent years, POCUS has been used by an increasing...
American College of Family Medicine
This Curriculum Guideline defines a recommended training strategy for family medicineresidents. Attitudes, behaviors, knowledge, and skills that are critical to family medicineshould be attained...