The POCUS Manifesto : Expanding the Limits of the Physical Exam with Point of Care Ultrasound (Istrail F. et al.)
About the author(s) :
Dr. Larry Istrail is a hospitalist physician, entrepreneur and author.
He has been covered by NPR and the Washington Post for various medical startups he has founded.
He is the creator of the online POCUS educational site POCUSMedEd.com, and is certified in point-of-care ultrasound by the Society of Hospital Medicine and the American College of CHEST Physicians.
About this book :
Interviews with POCUS pioneers including Dr. Daniel Lichtenstein, the father of whole-body ultrasound, and Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum who discovered and developed modern echocardiography.
Insight from many modern-day POCUS experts including Dr. Renee Dversdal, Dr. Chris Fox, Dr. Nilam Soni, and many others.
A crash course in the history of the physical exam highlighting the work of Laennec, Auenbrugger, Hope, and many others.
A deep dive into lung ultrasound, how it was discovered, and what evidence exists to support its use.
A review of the literature on the accuracy of lung and heart auscultation.
An exploration of the evidence supporting the use of POCUS for diagnosing cardiopulmonary disease.
New modern-day techniques for evaluating the jugular venous pressure, tamponade, and many other cardiopulmonary diseases.
