POCUS use in Acute Hospital at Home – working through clinical presentations and addressing management questions

POCUS use in Acute Hospital at Home – working through clinical presentations and addressing management questions

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasing in use and popularity as the technology advances and understanding deepens. For many specialities such as Acute Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, POCUS is now mandated in the curriculum. The benefits of POCUS have been identified in multiple settings however currently there is little literature focusing on POCUS in the acute community setting as seen in Hospital at Home (HaH) and there is no formal framework for POCUS in HaH. As a result, the development and safety of this modality is at potential risk. Through adaptation of established protocols and accreditation pathways this could easily be addressed benefiting the patients care foremost, the clinician and the National Health Service as a whole.

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POCUS use in Acute Hospital at Home – working through clinical presentations and addressing management questions

26th March 2025
PMID: 40145355
Authors Affiliations
Amy Broad Department of Acute Medicine, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Thomas Knight Department of Acute Medicine, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Birmingham Acute Care Research, University of Birmingham
Sharjeel Kiani Department of Acute Medicine, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Nithyananda Rajaiah Department of Acute Medicine, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Sarbjit Clare Department of Acute Medicine, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Daniel Lasserson Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Department of Acute Medicine, Birmingham, United Kingdom

POCUS use in Acute Hospital at Home – working through clinical presentations and addressing management questions

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Broad A, Knight T, Kiani S, Rajaiah N, Clare S, Lasserson D. POCUS use in Acute Hospital at Home - working through clinical presentations and addressing management questions. Acute Med. 2024;23(4):195-199. PMID: 40145355.

POCUS use in Acute Hospital at Home – working through clinical presentations and addressing management questions

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