ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Venous Excess Ultrasound Score Is Not the Mean Systemic Pressure
PulmCCM
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [ @heart_lung ] Since its first description [1], the Venous Excess Ultrasound Score [VExUS] has received much research attention. Very simply, VExUS combines the size of the inferior cava [IVC] with Doppler patterns from the hepatic, portal and intrarenal veins. From these measures a score from 0 to 3 is given as a marker of increasing ‘venous congestion [VC].’ But what exactly does VC mean?
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