Point-of-care ultrasonography spotlight: Could venous excess ultrasound serve as a shared language for internists and intensivists?
World J Crit Care Med
; 13(2): 93206, 2024 Jun 09.
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Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS), particularly venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) is emerging as a valuable bedside tool to gain real-time hemodynamic insights. This modality, derived from hepatic vein, portal vein, and intrarenal vessel Doppler patterns, offers a scoring system for dynamic venous congestion assessment. Such an assessment can be crucial in effective management of patients with heart failure exacerbation. It facilitates diagnosis, quantification of congestion, prognostication, and monitoring the efficacy of decongestive therapy. As such, it can effectively help to manage cardiorenal syndromes in various clinical settings. Extended or eVExUS explores additional veins, potentially broadening its applications. While VExUS demonstrates promising outcomes, challenges persist, particularly in cases involving renal and liver parenchymal disease, arrhythmias, and situations of pressure and volume overload overlap. Proficiency in utilizing spectral Doppler is pivotal for clinicians to effectively employ this tool. Hence, the integration of POCUS, especially advanced applications like VExUS, into routine clinical practice necessitates enhanced training across medical specialties.
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