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Point‐of‐care echocardiography – A road to future or a step backwards
Author(s) -
Vaishnav Manan,
Sedgwick John
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/ajum.12128
Subject(s) - medicine , credentialing , scope (computer science) , echo (communications protocol) , medical physics , point of care , point of care ultrasound , intensive care medicine , patient care , point of care testing , medical emergency , radiology , pathology , medical education , nursing , computer science , ultrasound , computer security , programming language
Abstract Echocardiography (Echo) has a myriad of clinical applications. Traditionally, it was performed and interpreted by cardiologist but the scope of its applications has lead physicians of other specialities to learn this useful skill. One of the newer and expanding scope of echocardiography is point‐of‐care ( POC ) echocardiography. In this review article, we aim to discuss the clinical applications of POC echo, common protocols and its limitations. Despite its widespread use, there is paucity of data describing its clinical efficacy and there is lack of guidelines regarding credentialing and quality control of POC echo.