Assessing Fluid Status in the ICU: The Role of POCUS

A 72-year-old patient was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for monitoring after traumatic brain injury. The patient is fully sedated, ventilated and requires norepinephrine for maintaining adequate cer...

Dealing with acute respiratory failure: How POCUS helps to rule out deep vein thrombo...

A 58-year-old male patient with acute dyspnea is assessed in the emergency department using the BLUE protocol. The scan reveals no significant lung pathology (A-profile) but prompts the consideration of deep ve...

Unexpected diagnosis of endocarditis

A 68-year-old woman presented at the emergency department with acute respiratory failure and fever. Lung ultrasound showed a B-profile in all four BLUE points, suggesting pulmonary edema. This prompted us to do...

Tips for subclavian vein cannulation

Subclavian vein cannulation is an essential medical procedure used to access central veins for various clinical purposes. The incorporation of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has significantly enhanced the pre...

Mastery of gastric ultrasound – Identifying intraluminal fluid content

In our last post we taught you how to identify fluid content inside the stomach. Fluid content however may be the result of endo- or exogenous factors.  Let’s quickly recap our case from the last post:  A 40-ye...

Alert: every anesthesiologist should master gastric ultrasound

Emergency surgery presents a unique challenge as patients may not be fasted. Assessing gastric content, whether full or empty, becomes pivotal, influencing anesthesia choices and perioperative strategy to mitig...