Table 1 Currently described applications for physician-performed focused ultrasonography defined by physician specialty

Internal medicine

Hypotension evaluation and treatment, procedural guidance

Cardiology

Cardiac evaluation, procedural guidance

Gastroenterology

Liver evaluation, intestinal obstruction evaluation, procedural guidance

Infectious disease

Soft tissue infection evaluation, procedural guidance

Nephrology

Renal evaluation, procedural guidance

Pulmonology

Pleural effusion evaluation, atelectasis evaluation, pneumothorax evaluation, procedural guidance

Rheumatology

Joint and tendon evaluation, procedural guidance

Pediatrics

Developmental abnormality evaluation, abdominal pain evaluation, procedural guidance

Emergency medicine

Hypotension evaluation, intrauterine pregnancy evaluation, abdominal aortic aneurysm evaluation, cardiac evaluation, biliary tree evaluation, urinary tract evaluation, venous thromboembolism evaluation, soft tissue and musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment, lung evaluation, ocular evaluation, procedural guidance

Obstetrics-gynecology

Intrauterine pregnancy evaluation, fetal development evaluation, ovary evaluation

Surgery

Trauma evaluation, breast and thyroid evaluation, vascular evaluation, intraoperative evaluation, procedural guidance

Anesthesia

Intraoperative monitoring, procedural guidance

Critical care

Hypotension evaluation, intravascular volume evaluation and treatment, cardiac evaluation, lung evaluation, intracranial pressure monitoring, procedural guidance

Neurology

Transcranial evaluation

Neurosurgery

Transcranial and intracranial evaluation, intraoperative guidance

Orthopedic surgery

Joint and tendon evaluation and treatment, procedural guidance

Urology

Urinary tract evaluation

Plastic surgery

Intraoperative evaluation