Internal Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound

Cardiac FOCUS - Cardiac FOCUS

Cardiac FOCUS

1. What is FOCUS
2. What it is not

1. What is FOCUS

TARGETED assessment of the cardiac system with Point of Care Ultrasound.

2. What it is NOT

Cardiac FOCUS is NOT Echocardiography.

Echocardiography which is a much more COMPREHENSIVE study, utilizes more powerful machinery, and usually not deployed in a point of care manner.

Take Home Messages:

FOCUS PoCUS is NOT ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
FOCUS is performed to answer TARGETED clinical questions that will affect point of care decisions