Katarina Leyba, August Longino, Ryen Ormesher, Mary Krienke, Natalie Van Ochten, Katherine Zimmerman, Luke McCormack, Katharine Martin, Theresa Thai, Seth Furgeson, Isaac Teitelbaum, Joseph Burke, Ivor Douglas, Edward Gill
Background: The evaluation of volume status is essential to clinical decision-making, yet multiple studies have shown that physical exam does not reliably estimate a patient's intravascular volume. Venous excess ultrasound score (VExUS) is an emerging volume assessment tool that utilizes inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and pulse-wave Doppler waveforms of the portal, hepatic and renal veins to evaluate venous congestion. A point-of-care ultrasound exam initially developed by Beaubein-Souligny et al., VExUS represents a reproducible, non-invasive and accurate means of assessing intravascular congestion...
April 8, 2024: Research Square