Visual abstracts

Here is a collection of POCUS literature pertinent to nephrology. The key information in each study is presented in the form of a concise, pictorial and visual summary.

Studies related to education in point of care ultrasonography

Studies related to point of care lung ultrasonography in heart failure patients, AKI etc.

  • This is LUS‐HF trial. Post-hoc analysis VA is included separately
  • Similar to Eur J Heart Fail. 2019;21(12):1605-1613 but this is from a different country

Point of care lung ultrasonography in dialysis patients

Echocardiography, including inferior vena cava ultrasound

  • Not POCUS per se but can be extrapolated to echo-determined SV/VTI
  • FoCUS = Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
  • RWMA = regional wall motion abnormalities

Vascular ultrasound including venous waveforms

Validity of POCUS, comparison to standard imaging, physical examination etc.

Renal and abdominal sonography

Patient satisfaction, resource utilization etc.