Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has the potential to improve the accuracy of volume assessments in patients with congestive heart failure with little additional cost.
Does point-of-care ultrasound improve the accuracy of volume assessment in patients with congestive heart failure?
Point-of-care ultrasound offers a potentially accurate and cost-effective method for assessing volume status in patients with congestive heart failure.
Abstract An accurate volume status assessment is critical to the diagnosis and management of congestive heart failure. Clinically, volume status is typically assessed using a combination of physical examination findings, laboratory values, imaging studies, and invasive procedures. However, these techniques may be unreliable, cost-prohibitive, or impractical. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has the potential to improve the accuracy of volume assessments with little additional cost to the patient. This review summarizes POCUS techniques that can be used to determine volume status in patients with congestive heart failure.
Shaul et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Congestive heart failure. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was evaluated. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has the potential to improve the accuracy of volume assessments in patients with congestive heart failure with little additional cost.