Clinicians have often referred to ultrasound technology as the "stethoscope of the future," predicting that as the equipment shrinks in size, it will one day be as common at the bedside as that trusty ...

This interview with John Kugler, MD, a specialist in physical exam skills and bedside medicine, was conducted at the Stanford25 Skills Symposium, an annual program that focuses on bedside medicine at ...

Use of bedside optic nerve ultrasonography may hold promise for diagnosing increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in children and adults, a systematic review and meta-analysis published online November ...

Background Near-patient lung ultrasound enables the early diagnosis of viral pneumonitis in children with a viral respiratory infection. Lung ultrasound has been validated to predict the diagnosis of ...

As every clinician knows, it can often be a relief of look at an ultrasound result. That adnexal mass you felt? A simple cyst. Mr.J’s carotid artery? Not so plaque-filled after all. Usually we await a ...

Urethral catheterization is an important diagnostic procedure in infants with suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs). Urine sufficient for culture and analysis is not always obtained, necessitating ...

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) enables doctors to perform rapid bedside scans using a portable device. This can quickly reveal life-threatening problems—including heart failure, fluid in the lungs, ...

"They may use a Doppler ultrasound to get velocity, but then just feel a vessel to feel if there is flow. There is so much potential for this application in diagnostic medicine because flow is ...

Engineers from the University of Hong Kong have developed an AI-assisted ultrasound lens that can clearly visualise the heart and lungs through the rib cage, opening the door to faster bedside ...

Ultrasound diagnosis has become a crucial adjunct to neonatal intensive care since its introduction approximately two decades ago. 1 Because of the fragile nature of the newborn infant (particularly ...

Lucknow: Soon, bedside ultrasound examinations will be available in the trauma surgery department at KGMU. The department has proposed the installation of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) machine ...