This week's Topic: Part 3 of Fluid Responsiveness and Volume Status Assessment: Femoral vein assessment & VEXUS Scoring System.
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Articles for Discussion are listed below with the PDFs attached to this email.
Extra Content can be found below in the green text for anyone wanting to dive into the topic further.
Article 1
Doppler Interrogation of the Femoral Vein in the Critically Ill Patient: The Fastest Potential Acoustic Window to Diagnose Ventricular Dysfunction? – Critical Care Explorations (2020)
Article 2
Quantifying systemic congestion with POCUS: development of the venous excess US grading system – Ultrasound Journal (2020)
Article 3
Clinical applications of the venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) score: conceptual review and case series – Ultrasound Journal (2021)
Article 4
Role of the femoral vein doppler in acute heart failure patients: results from a prospective multicentric study – Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (2023)
EXTRAS ****
POCUS 101: VExUS (great breakdown of VExUS)
Ultrasound G.E.L. Podcast (Article 2 – Summary and Podcast)
EMCRIT (short summary on Vexus)
Ultrasound G.E.L. Podcast (Article 4 – Summary and Podcast)
Article-4_FemVein_in_AHF.pdf