Point-of-care ultrasound of the brain: A systematic review of competencies and training frameworks for intensivists.

IF 2.1 Q3 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Journal of the Intensive Care Society Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI:10.1177/17511437251326744

Adrian Wong, Richard Cashmore, Nurul Liana Roslan, Nourhan Ahmed, Mohamed Ibrahim, Isla Kuhn, Masumi Tanaka Gutiez

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Abstract

Background: POCUS is increasingly in utility and application across a variety of specialities. Although several professional societies, including the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) have recommended focussed Neurological ultrasound be a core competency, recommendations on how best to achieve this competency are lacking.

Aim: The purpose of this systematic review was to assess what best-practice and evidence-based recommendations are available to achieve competency in Neurological Point-of-care ultrasound (NeuroPOCUS).

Methods: We undertook a structured systematic review of publications and studies on the training of NeuroPOCUS for intensive care.

Results: Our search strategy yielded a total of 4965 publications, reduced to 3551 following de-duplication. Despite this, only 28 publications were relevant following review of title and abstract and only 12 of these on full-text review. We identified three prospective studies, four consensus statements and five publications as posters and published abstracts. Structured analysis of these revealed minimal evidence-based teaching recommendations, and significant variability in teaching method.

Conclusion: Compared to other modalities of POCUS (e.g. Cardiac and Lung), NeuroPOCUS lags behind with regards to utilisation and training in the general intensive care setting. Further work is needed to establish how this technique can be effectively taught and assessed for clinical application.

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Journal of the Intensive Care Society Nursing-Critical Care Nursing

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期刊介绍： The Journal of the Intensive Care Society (JICS) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that strives to disseminate clinically and scientifically relevant peer-reviewed research, evaluation, experience and opinion to all staff working in the field of intensive care medicine. Our aim is to inform clinicians on the provision of best practice and provide direction for innovative scientific research in what is one of the broadest and most multi-disciplinary healthcare specialties. While original articles and systematic reviews lie at the heart of the Journal, we also value and recognise the need for opinion articles, case reports and correspondence to guide clinically and scientifically important areas in which conclusive evidence is lacking. The style of the Journal is based on its founding mission statement to ‘instruct, inform and entertain by encompassing the best aspects of both tabloid and broadsheet''.