Key result
Perioperative point-of-care ultrasound provides clinical utility for anesthesiologists, though its use involves specific technology, training, certification, billing, and limitations.
This review highlights the clinical utility, technology advancements, and training requirements for perioperative point-of-care ultrasound for anesthesiologists.
Supports perioperative POCUS adoption with attention to training and billing; leaves open standardization of certification and outcome trials.
This clinical focus review targets all anesthesiologists and seeks to highlight the following aspects of perioperative point-of-care ultrasound: clinical utility, technology advancements, training/certification, education, reporting/billing, and limitations.
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Ramsingh et al. (2020) studied this question. Perioperative point-of-care ultrasound provides clinical utility for anesthesiologists, though its use involves specific technology, training, certification, billing, and limitations.