11 short-form clinical articles on POCUS practice, device selection, governance, and speciality applications — written for South African clinicians.
POCUS has shifted bedside imaging from a specialist-only activity to a focused clinical skill. In South Africa, that matters because delays in access, patient transport, and uneven imaging availability are daily realities. Here's where handheld ultrasound fits now.
The most common buying mistake is choosing one probe that does everything equally well. The right probe is the one that matches the structures you scan most often. Here's how to decide.
Peripheral IV access fails more often than it should. The strongest evidence for ultrasound guidance is in patients with difficult intravenous access — here's what the data shows and where vein-visualisation devices fit.
Veterinary POCUS is growing quickly. Portable ultrasound moves between consulting rooms, cageside areas, theatre, and field work — giving busy clinics bedside imaging capability without the bulk of a fixed system.
For private practice, the question isn't whether ultrasound is useful — it's whether useful bedside imaging can be introduced in a way that is practical, sustainable, and financially sensible.
A portable device may make scanning easier, but it doesn't automatically make scanning safe, reproducible, or defensible. Strong programmes distinguish between buying equipment and building capability.
The handheld-versus-cart debate is often framed too simplistically. The right question isn't which device category is universally better — it's which one best serves the intended clinical task.
For anaesthetists, POCUS is no longer confined to vascular access alone. Contemporary reviews describe perioperative ultrasound as a bedside extension of clinical examination that can influence preoperative assessment, intraoperative problem-solving, and postoperative review.
FAST and extended FAST are focused trauma ultrasound protocols designed to answer urgent bedside questions in unstable or potentially unstable patients. Handheld ultrasound is a natural fit — here's what these protocols can and cannot answer.
Ultrasound guidance transformed regional anaesthesia by allowing the operator to see target anatomy, track needle movement, and watch local anaesthetic spread in real time. Here's why that matters — and why training still does too.
Focused cardiac ultrasound is not mini-echocardiography in the full cardiology sense. It is a limited bedside examination designed to answer specific clinical questions. When framed that way, it becomes extremely useful.
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