FOCUS
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FOCUS)
- Emergency ultrasound of the heart = echocardiography
- Point-of-care echo
- Initially for effusion
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Use has expanded
- Left ventricular function
- Right ventricular strain
- Aortic pathology
- Inferior vena cava
- Gross valvular pathology
Narration
Availability Of Consultant Performed Echo
Moore CL et al., “Ultrasound in community emergency departments in the United States: access to ultrasound performed by consultants and status of emergency physician performed ultrasound”, Ann Emerg Med 2006; 47:147-153
Narration
Training – EPs And Cardiologists
“Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in the Emergent Setting: A Consensus Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and American College of Emergency Physicians” Labovitz et al., J Am Soc Echo 2010; 23: 1225-30
Narration
Medical Students With Ultrasound Vs. Attending Cardiologists With Stethoscope
Am J Cardiol 2005;96:1002–1006
