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How would you recommend using POCUS to evaluate jugular venous pressure?

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Hospital Medicine · University of Colorado

I use it in essentially the exact same way I do with visualizing the JVP; put the patient at a 30-45 degree angle, and measure how far up the neck it goes. If you are able to easily visually estimate JVP, POCUS doesn't add much. However, in someone whose venous pulse is hard to see, POCUS has been h...

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Primary Care · University of Colorado

I rely heavily on the POCUS evaluation of IJ for excluding clinically relevant RAP elevation. My preferred method is to position the patient HOB to 30 degrees, place a high-frequency transducer in transverse view just above the clavicle over the right IJ, with the head well supported and neck relaxe...

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