POCUS is a key component of the UBC Internal Medicine. You’ll learn about cardiac ultrasound, specifically LV function, pericardial effusion and tamponade in your PGY1 ultrasound workshop.

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Literature

Please see the PGY1 workshop references:

International Evidence-Based Recommendations for Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
Quantitative Estimation of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Can Junior Emergency Physicians Use E-Point Septal Separation to Accurately Estimate Left Ventricular Function in Acutely Dyspneic Patients?
Bedside Hand-Carried Ultrasound by Internal Medicine Residents Versus Traditional Clinical Assessment

Basic Cardiac Ultrasound Views

Parasternal long axis
Parasternal short axis
Apical 4 chamber
Subcostal
Optimizing cardiac views

Pericardial effusion

Pericardial effusion
Tamponade

LV function

LV function assessment

PGY1 Workshop 3

Literature

Basic Cardiac Ultrasound Views

Pericardial effusion

LV function

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