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What ways can POCUS assist in volume status assessments in the clinic for patients who are unable to lie at an incline or get onto the exam table?

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General Internal Medicine · Drexel University College of Medicine
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Good question. POCUS would assist with my assessment in a few ways (interpretation and application depend on comorbidities and pretest probabilities of certain pathologies). In someone with mobility issues, you can use POCUS to find the jugular vein meniscus and assist with JVP assessment. Additiona...

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