The Journey Begins (updated: March 2025)
Following are some of Dr. K’s published articles on POCUS. See the visual abstracts section for other important POCUS-related literature.
AJKD article discussing the risks of inadequate POCUS training
SCCM ultrasound guideline focused update 2024
IAPN’s position statement on POCUS in Nephrology
Survey of POCUS Utilization in Nephrology Across VA Medical Centers
Technical pitfalls of VExUS: a pictorial review
POCUS in cirrhosis: how I do it
Perils of isolated organ ultrasound and reflex clinical decision making
Critical aspects of developing a POCUS curriculum
Myths and facts about POCUS in Nephrology
Insights from the POCUS precourse at the ASN Kidney Week 2022
POCUS in cardiorenal syndromes, an updated review
Multi-organ POCUS in Acute Kidney Injury
Nephrologist-led simulation-Based Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Workshop for Medical Students
POCUS in congestive nephropathy
Twitter polls for dissemination of POCUS education
VExUS case report: cirrhosis does not automatically render VExUS useless
POCUS in cirrhosis, beyond IVC
Incorporating POCUS training in nephrology fellowship: CJASN editorial
Diagnosis of fluid overload discussing pearls and pitfalls of various bedside tools
VExUS review for beginners; Kidney Medicine 2022
Letter about POCUS use in peritoneal dialysis patients
Editorial on POCUS in AKI (beyond kidney); also includes an illustrative VExUS case
A case study showing transition of hepatic and portal vein waveforms with ultrafiltration
Introduction to POCUS: rationale behind why we call it a component of physical examination
Change in portal waveform with ultrafiltration in an ESRD patient: case report
Review on Venous Excess Doppler Ultrasound (VExUS)
Execution of POCUS curriculum for Nephrology trainees; Kidney360
Review article on principles of POCUS and implementing a training program; Kidney360
Editorial on the utility of POCUS in hepatorenal syndrome
Role of focused cardiac ultrasound (LVOT VTI) in evaluation of hyponatremia
POCUS-assisted fluid volume status assessment; review in Kidney360
Brief note on how we use POCUS in cardiorenal clinic
Volume status assessment using multi-organ POCUS: the pump-pipes-leaks model
Coumadin ridge: an incidental finding on cardiac POCUS
AJKD quiz article on cystic kidney disease
Review article (ACKD) on the current scope of POCUS in Nephrology
How does basic POCUS in nephrology practice look like?
Editorial on volume assessment in patients with COVID-19: the Tri-POCUS approach
Utility of hepatic and portal vein Doppler in the management of heart failure
Role of lung ultrasound in dialysis patients during COVID-19 pandemic
Twitter polls to guide POCUS program in nephrology
Correspondence regarding the feasibility of 28-zone lung ultrasound
Lung ultrasound in ESRD editorial
Utility of POCUS in volume assessment in ESRD
POCUS curriculum for nephrology fellows
Renal ultrasonography basics: pictorial mini-review
NephroPOCUS program for internal medicine residents
Why should we incorporate POCUS into our practice?
The TIE fighter sign on abdominal POCUS
Emphysematous pyelonephritis versus staghorn calculus
Retroperitoneal lymphoma causing hydronephrosis
Renal AVM mimicking hydronephrosis
Parapelvic cysts mimicking hydronephrosis
Twinkle artefact in tumor lysis syndrome
Volume depletion masking hydronephrosis
