POCUS means point-of-care ultrasound. It’s a way of performing an ultrasound right by a hospital bed or wherever the patient is, instead of wheeling the patient to an ultrasound machine. In a rural region of South Sudan, this ultrasound revealed that a pregnant patient was suffering from mitral stenosis, a heart disease that, if untreated, is fatal for 50–60 percent of affected pregnant women, with the risk rising with each pregnancy. #digitalhealth at its best. #pocus #fromchancetochoice #digitalhealth #ultrasound #radiology #health …see more