Perioperative Ultrasound: The Future Is Now

A survey of focused cardiac ultrasonography training in Canadian anesthesiology residency programs

“…We agree, however, with a recent editorial that the incorporation of FoCUS is achievable and should be a high-priority goal for our specialty training programs. 7 Financial support Departmental and institutional resources.…”

Acquiring and maintaining point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) competence for anesthesiologists

“…A MEDLINE search for the terms ''POCUS'', ''point-of-careultrasound'', or ''bedside ultrasound'' showed that only 60 articles were published in 1990 compared with 1,030 in 2016. To facilitate the implementation of POCUS into anesthesia care, there has been strong advocacy for its integration into residency and postgraduate training, 5,38,46,65,[67][68][69][70][71][72] with convincing evidence that POCUS is a skill that can be readily acquired at all levels of training. 5,11,46,47,69,73 Despite the numerous applications, great potential for patient care, and recent growth in the use of POCUS in anesthesia, there are still barriers that prevent it from being a current standard practice and challenges in establishing anesthesia-specific guidelines.…”

Perioperative ultrasound‐assisted clinical evaluation – A case based review

“…Ultrasound has been used in anaesthesia for more than 20 years, primarily transoesophageal echocardiography by cardiovascular anaesthetists, and more recently for guiding vascular access and regional blocks. There has recently been a concerted effort to increase the use of ultrasound to guide acute decision‐making, which includes transthoracic echocardiography, lung, abdominal and gastric ultrasound, and screening for deep vein thrombosis . Collectively, these uses are referred to as ‘perioperative ultrasound’ and they will be the focus of our review.…”