For the clinicians who are purely relying on auscultation and are not using POCUS, they’re really missing out,” she asserts. “First of all, POCUS is a lot more sensitive test for fluid overload. The sensitivity is in the 90th percentile compared to auscultation. The most recent meta-analysis showed it’s 42% sensitive for fluid overload and pleural effusions.”
Tatiana Havryliuk
