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Internal medicine journal · Jan 2022
ReviewUpdate on echocardiography: do we still need a stethoscope?
- Peter McLeod and Sierra Beck.
- Department of Medicine, Otago Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
- Intern Med J. 2022 Jan 1; 52 (1): 30-36.
AbstractThe focus of this article is to review point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) of the chest as an adjunct to use of the stethoscope and physical examination. We consider selected evidence supporting POCUS for evaluation of acute dyspnoea and focussed cardiac assessment, explore current and the future directions in POCUS for the generalist physician and review some historical notes on auscultation of the chest and parallels to the evolution of POCUS.© 2021 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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