Acquiring and maintaining point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) competence for anesthesiologists.
Can J Anaesth
; 65(4): 427-436, 2018 04.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29327135
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) involves the bedside use of ultrasound to answer specific diagnostic questions and to assess real-time physiologic responses to treatment. Although POCUS has become a well-established resource for emergency and critical care physicians, anesthesiologists are still working to obtain POCUS skills and to incorporate them into routine practice. This review defines the benefits of POCUS to anesthesia practice, identifies challenges to establishing POCUS in routine anesthesia care, and offers solutions to help guide its incorporation going forward. PRINCIPALFINDINGS:
Benefits to POCUS include improving the sensitivity and specificity of the physical examination and helping to guide patient treatment. The challenges to establishing POCUS as a standard in anesthesia practice include developing and maintaining competence. There is a need to develop standards of practice and a common language between specialties to facilitate training and create guidelines regarding patient management.CONCLUSIONS:
Presently, our specialty requires consensus by expert stakeholders to address issues of competence, certification, development of standards and terminology, and the management of unexpected diagnoses. To promote POCUS competency in our discipline, we support its incorporation into anesthesiology curricula and training programs and the continuing professional development of POCUS-related activities at a national level.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ultrassom
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Ultrassonografia
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Competência Clínica
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Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito
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Anestesiologia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Can J Anaesth
Assunto da revista:
ANESTESIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá