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IMAGINE um ambiente colaborativo que permite a interação entre profissionais de saúde.  

PENSE numa comunidade de aprendizagem como um acesso a uma rede de suporte e apoio mútuo.  

IDEALIZE  a oportunidade de se manter atualizado sobre as tendências e avanços do POCUS. 

CONSIDERE pertencer a uma comunidade que valorize a colaboração e o crescimento profissional e pessoal. 

Pertencer à POCUSX HUB é ganhar acesso a um universo de conhecimentos e recursos incrivelmente diversificados, com uma experiência de aprendizagem profissional contínua, mesmo para aqueles que nunca tenham sido formandos da POCUSX.

Mergulhe dos pés à cabeça na colaboração e partilha de saberes. Não se esqueça que é uma plataforma de networking e é importante consultar as Regras da Comunidade.

Até já!

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Acute dyspnea is one of the most common complaints in any emergency department. Physical examination and chest radiography have been insufficient to diagnose these patients accurately and quickly. We present a clinical case of a dyspneic patient presenting to the emergency department, who was promptly diagnosed with lobar pneumonia by point-of-care pulmonary ultrasonography. This permitted the rapid onset of adequate treatment. (...) Keywords: Dynamic air bronchogram; lung ultrasound; point-of-care ultrasound

Coelho, Telmo Borges ¹; Mariz, José António ². Dynamic Air Bronchogram Ultrasound Sign in a Noninvasive Ventilated Patient. Journal of Medical Ultrasound 32(2):p 173-174, Apr–Jun 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/jmu.jmu_114_22

Journal of Medical Ultrasound 32(2):p 173-174, Apr–Jun 2024

Dynamic Air Bronchogram Ultrasound Sign in a Noninvasive Ventilated Patient

Ultrasound has long been an essential tool in nephrology, traditionally used for procedures like vascular access and kidney biopsies. Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS), a rapidly evolving bedside technology, is now gaining momentum in nephrology by providing real-time imaging to enhance physical examination findings. (...) Key Words: Point-of-care ultrasonography; Nephrology; Fluid management; Hemodynamic assessment; Competency assessment; Bedside diagnostics

Published online: June 25, 2025

Point-of-care ultrasonography in nephrology: Growing applications, misconceptions and future outlook

Hemodynamic assessment is critical in emergency and critical care for preventing, diagnosing, and managing shock states that significantly affect patient outcomes. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an invaluable, non-invasive, real-time, and reproducible tool for bedside decision-making. (...) Keywords: ultrasound; point of care; critical care; emergency medicine; volume assessment; echocardiography; hemodynamics; cardiac arrest

Published: 10 June 2025

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use in Hemodynamic Assessment

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is an ever-evolving technology that has become integral to clinical practice in a variety of domains. Since its inception in Emergency Medicine (EM) in the 1980s, POCUS has traditionally been viewed as (...) Keywords: Ultrasound, Education, Clinical Decision-Making, Ultrasound policy

Published: 15 April 2025

The Expanding Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Paradigm

Accurate detection of pulmonary congestion remains a challenge in cardiology, despite advances in diagnostic methods. Traditional approaches, such as physical examination and chest radiography, have limitations in real-time assessment and dynamic monitoring of volume status. Lung ultrasound (LUS) has emerged as (...) Keywords: Heart Failure; Pulmonary Edema; Stress Echocardiography; Ultrasonography

November 2024 | ABC Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy 4(1)

Theoretical Concepts of Lung Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Congestion

A hiatal hernia (HH) is characterized by the protrusion of the stomach or other abdominal viscera into the mediastinum. The mechanism of increased intra-abdominal pressure is typically associated with this condition. When there are additional contributing factors causing increased abdominal pressure, like ascites resulting from chronic liver disease, it can (...)

Journal of Medical Ultrasound 33(2):p 162-164, Apr–Jun 2025

Hiatal Hernia-induced Dyspnea in a Patient with Ascites: Leveraging Point-of-care Ultrasound for Accurate Diagnosis

Although US of the lungs is increasingly used clinically, diagnostic radiologists are not routinely trained in its use and interpretation. Lung US is a highly sensitive and specific modality that aids in the evaluation of the lungs for many different abnormalities, including pneumonia, pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, and pneumothorax. This review provides an overview of lung US to equip the diagnostic radiologist with knowledge needed to interpret this increasingly used modality.

Published Online:Apr 29 2021

Lung Ultrasound: The Essentials

Ultrasonography is often the initial modality used to evaluate patients found to have abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) in the emergency department. While an assessment for biliary ductal dilatation and obstruction remains one of the main questions to answer, radiologists should also be aware of the ultrasonographic appearance of other conditions that can cause abnormal LFTs. This may be crucial for (...) Keywords: Ultrasonography; Emergency; Liver function tests; Radiology; Diagnostic imaging

Published online November 18, 2021

Ultrasonographic evaluation of patients with abnormal liver function tests in the emergency department

The resuscitation of a patient in shock is a highly complex endeavor that should go beyond normalizing mean arterial pressure and protocolized fluid loading. We propose a holistic, four-interface conceptual model of shock that we believe can benefit both clinicians at the bedside and researchers. The four circulatory interfaces whose uncoupling results in shock are as follows: the left ventricle to arterial, the arterial to capillary, the capillary to venular, and finally the (...) Keywords: shock; resuscitation; sepsis; microcirculation; hemodynamics; coherence

Published: 20 May 2025

Point of View: A Holistic Four-Interface Conceptual Model for Personalizing Shock Resuscitation

Over the past few years, social media has rapidly evolved into a major hub for medical education (#MedEd). Healthcare professionals across the globe increasingly turn to platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and podcasts to access clinical information, follow scientific meetings, engage in professional dialogue, and even connect with the broader public. The rise of the Free Open Access Medical Education (#FOAMed) movement has further catalyzed this trend, particularly among trainees and (...) Keywords: ultrasound, POCUS, social media, cardiorenal

Published Online: May 16 2025

POCUS Over Punchlines: Rethinking the Cardiology-Nephrology Standoff in the Era of MedEd Humor

Key Points: Postoperative imaging is crucial for detecting and characterizing complications in the abdomen. / Many complications are common to all types of surgery, but some are specific to the type of operation performed. / Radiologists must use the type of operation, acuity of presentation, indication for surgery, timing relative to operation, and presence of comorbidities to help identify and characterize complications. / Radiologists must also be able to distinguish normal or expected postsurgical appearance from a complication.

Available online 21 October 2019, Version of Record 12 November 2019

Imaging of Abdominal Postoperative Complications

Purpose: To provide an international expert consensus on technical aspects and clinical applications of quantitative lung ultrasound in adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care. Methods: The European Society of Intensive Care (ESICM) and the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) endorsed the project. We selected an international panel of 20 adult, paediatric and neonatal intensive care experts with clinical and research expertise in quantitative lung ultrasound, plus (...)

Published: 12 May 2025

ESICM—ESPNIC international expert consensus on quantitative lung ultrasound in intensive care

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a portable imaging tool used to guide clinicians in the rapid assessment of patients at the bedside. Because POCUS is noninvasive, radiation sparing, inexpensive, and allows for repeat examinations with evolving clinical circumstances, its use has increased. POCUS is commonly used in emergency departments (EDs) and intensive care units (ICUs), and is now part (...)

Published Online: March 17, 2025

Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Sepsis and Septic Shock

Background - Current recommendations support guiding fluid resuscitation through the assessment of fluid responsiveness. Recently, the concept of fluid tolerance and the prevention of venous congestion (VC) have emerged as relevant aspects to be considered to avoid potentially deleterious side effects of fluid resuscitation. However, there is paucity of data on the relationship of fluid responsiveness and VC. This study aims (...)

Published: 19 February 2024

Coexistence of a fluid responsive state and venous congestion signals in critically ill patients

Ultrasound of the scrotum plays a crucial role in assessing acute scrotal conditions in the Emergency Department. Although the Emergency Physician and Intensivist have shared responsibility for the care of the critically ill patient, the Emergency Physician typically uses Point-of-care Ultrasound in a broader range of applications than the (...)

Published: 18 March 2025

Testicular ultrasound: an emergency medicine perspective

Cholecystectomy is one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States. Although complications are uncommon, the high incidence of this surgery means that a radiologist will likely encounter these complications in practice. Complications may arise in the immediate postoperative period or can be delayed for weeks, months, or years after surgery. Vague and nonspecific symptoms make (...)

Published Online:Jul 29 2022

Multimodality Imaging of Cholecystectomy Complications

Acute valvular emergencies, a time-sensitive diagnosis, are nearly impossible to diagnose without ultrasound, and missing the diagnosis can significantly impact patient outcomes. Many emergency physicians lack access to echo technicians and may be uncomfortable performing the ultrasound themselves. Approaching the paucity of review articles, none of which are focused for the emergency physician, can be quite daunting, even for those with extensive ultrasound training.

Available online 12 November 2024, Version of Record 16 December 2024

Point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis of acute valvular emergencies

Ultrasound is the imaging modality of choice for the initial evaluation of disorders that involve the abdominal aorta (AA). The diagnostic value of ultrasound resides in its ability to allow assessment of the anatomy and structure of the AA using two- dimensional, three-dimensional, and contrast-enhanced imaging. Moreover, ultrasound permits (...) Keywords: Abdominal aorta; Ultrasound;Echocardiography; Aneurysm; Aortic regurgitation.

Published online July 2, 2021

Ultrasound Imaging of the Abdominal Aorta: A Comprehensive Review

In the recently published 2021 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines on Adult Advanced Life Support, focused echocardiography was upgraded to a target recommendation. Several key recommendations were made, including that point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) should only be (...) Keywords: cardiopulmonary resuscitation; POCUS; hemodynamics; guideline; advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS)

Published: 14 April 2025

Emergency Ultrasound in the Context of Cardiac Arrest and Circulatory Shock: “How to Avoid Cardiac Arrest”

Ultrasound of the scrotum plays a crucial role in assessing acute scrotal conditions in the Emergency Department. Althoughthe Emergency Physician and Intensivist have shared responsibility for the care of the critically ill patient, the Emergency Physician typically uses Point-of-care Ultrasound in a broader range of (...) Keywords: Acute scrotum · Torsion · Testis · Doppler

José Mariz · Joaquin Martinez · Sheila Arroja · Michael Blaivas

Published online: 18 March 2025

There has been a significant interest in venous congestion in recent years, among which the VExUS score has been prominent, both in clinical practice and research efforts. We have noted some recurrent misconceptions among clinicians which are also reflected in certain research efforts. Notably, the misguided attempt to correlate VExUS to volume status, which is only one of the factors influencing it, as well as attempts to re-interpret VExUS in the context of certain pathologies, which reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of its circulatory perspective.

Rola, P., Haycock, K., Spiegel, R. et al. VExUS: common misconceptions, clinical use and future directions. Ultrasound J 16, 49 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-024-00395-0

Published: 26 November 2024

VExUS: common misconceptions, clinical use and future directions

Assessing for volume overload is a key component of both short and long-term management of heart failure patients. Physical examination findings are neither sensitive nor specific for detecting congestion, and subclinical congestion may not be evident at the time of examination. (...) Keywords: heart failure; point of care ultrasound; doppler echocardiography; B-lines; inferior vena cava; jugular vein; venous excess ultrasound

Naddaf, N.; Dianati Maleki, N.; Goldschmidt, M.E.; Kalogeropoulos, A.P. Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Management of Heart Failure: A Narrative Review. J. Pers. Med. 2024, 14, 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm14070766

Published: 18 July 2024

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Management of Heart Failure: A Narrative Review

For more than two decades, sepsis was defined as a microbial infection that produces fever (or hypothermia), tachycardia, tachypnoea and blood leukocyte changes. Sepsis is now increasingly being considered a dysregulated systemic inflammatory and immune response to microbial invasion that produces organ injury for which mortality rates are declining to 15–25%. (...)

Hotchkiss, R., Moldawer, L., Opal, S. et al. Sepsis and septic shock. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2, 16045 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2016.45

Published: 30 June 2016

Sepsis and septic shock

Purpose of the Review This review article aims to show the actual role of Imaging, especially DECT (Dual Energy CT), in recognition of renal calculi. Recent Findings CT and in particular DECT have some implications in renal stone disease; CT is considered the gold-standard in the diagnosis in case of acute fank pain caused by nephrolithiasis, better than ultrasound, that represent the first approach, in some specifc cases. DECT instead in these days, has increase a very particular role. Keywords Acute fank pain · DECT · Dual energy computed tomography · Renal imaging · Stone disease · Urolithiasis

Montatore, M., Muscatella, G., Eusebi, L. et al. Current Status on New Technique and Protocol in Urinary Stone Disease. Curr Radiol Rep 11, 161–176 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40134-023-00420-5

Published: 11 September 2023

Current Status on New Technique and Protocol in Urinary Stone Disease

Doppler echocardiography is the corner-stone of non-invasive investigation of patients with a clinical diagnosis of heart failure. It provides an accurate and quantitative assessment of cardiac structure and function. Furthermore, spectral Doppler measurement is an invaluable technique for estimating intracardiac pressures with their crucial value in the optimum management of heart failure patients, irrespective of ejection fraction. (...)

Dini, F.L.; Cameli, M.; Stefanini, A.; Aboumarie, H.S.; Lisi, M.; Lindqvist, P.; Henein, M.Y. Echocardiography in the Assessment of Heart Failure Patients. Diagnostics 2024, 14, 2730. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14232730

Published: 4 December 2024

Echocardiography in the Assessment of Heart Failure Patients

Aims The aim is to describe lung ultrasound (LUS) findings in a cohort of patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and compare them with computed tomography (CT) and chest x-ray (CXR) findings in order to evaluate the potentiality of LUS in TB diagnosis. (...) Keywords Chest radiograph · Computed tomography · Lung ultrasound · Tuberculosis

Giannelli, F., Cozzi, D., Cavigli, E. et al. Lung ultrasound (LUS) in pulmonary tuberculosis: correlation with chest CT and X-ray findings. J Ultrasound 25, 625–634 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-021-00636-1

Published: 10 January 2022

Lung ultrasound (LUS) in pulmonary tuberculosis: correlation with chest CT and X‐ray fndings

Many patients visit outpatient clinics sufering from cervical lymphadenopathy. For those patients, ultrasonography is useful in diferentiating infammatory diseases and malignant tumors. On ultrasonographic images, normal lymph nodes are indicated as hypoechogenic masses with a well-defned border. (...) Keywords Head and neck ultrasonography · Cervical lymph node metastases · Cervical lymphadenopathy · Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma · Malignant lymphoma

Saito, D., Shiga, K. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of cervical lymph nodes. J Med Ultrasonics (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-024-01466-4

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