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Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the intensive care unit allows for a rapid, repeatable, noninvasive bedside assessment of critically ill patients who often are too acutely ill to transport or to wait for definitive diagnostic testing. Used as an extension of the physical exam, POCUS enhances a clinician’s approach to shock and cardiorespiratory failure, with the lung component forming a key part of the overall holistic assessment of the patient.
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Choi, JU., Alharthy, A., Karakitsos, D., Gillman, L.M. (2020). Lung Ultrasound in Critical Care and Trauma. In: Feletti, F., Malta, B., Aliverti, A. (eds) Thoracic Ultrasound and Integrated Imaging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93055-8_11
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