Point-of-care ultrasonography in nephrology: Growing applications, misconceptions and future outlook

Figure 6 Pitfalls of excessive reliance on individual organ ultrasound and knee-jerk clinical decision-making. Comprehensive bedside hemodynamic evaluation should almost always involve focused cardiac ultrasound, interpreting all these observations in the relevant clinical context. This applies to both initial diagnosis and monitoring selected parameters during follow-up examinations. ^*In intra-abdominal hypertension, inferior vena cava is small irrespective of central venous pressure and typically does not exhibit respiratory variation. Reproduced from Kazory et al[62]. IVC: Inferior vena cava; CVP: Central venous pressure. Citation: Kazory A, Olaoye OA, Koratala A. Nuances of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology: A Clarion Call for Deeper Understanding. Blood Purif 2024; 53: 598-602. Copyright © 2024 S. Karger AG. Published by Karger Publishers. The authors have obtained the permission for figure using (Supplementary material).