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Volume 11: Issue 9
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Publication Date:
01 Sep 2019
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04 Sep 2019
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    Harini Bejjanki

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    Abhilash Koratala

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    Infographic demonstrating common diagnostic point-of-care ultrasonography applications and clinical questions and pathologic conditions pertinent to nephrology practice

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    POCUS training room for nephrology fellows at the University of Florida

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    Representative slides from the University of Florida video curriculum

Harini Bejjanki

Abhilash Koratala

Figure 1.

Infographic demonstrating common diagnostic point-of-care ultrasonography applications and clinical questions and pathologic conditions pertinent to nephrology practice
Figure 2.

POCUS training room for nephrology fellows at the University of Florida
Figure 3.

Representative slides from the University of Florida video curriculum
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    Rempell JS , et al.. Pilot point-of-care ultrasound curriculum at Harvard Medical School: Early experience. West J Emerg Med 2016; 17:734–740.

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    Koratala A , Segal MS , Kazory A . Integrating point-of-care ultrasonography into nephrology fellowship training: A model curriculum. Am J Kidney Dis .doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.02.002.

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    Koratala A , Bhattacharya D , Kazory A . Helping patients and the profession: Nephrology-oriented point-of-care ultrasound program for internal medicine residents. Clin Nephrol 2019; 91:321–322.

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    ASDIN ultrasound accredited programs https://www.asdin.org/page/279Last accessed: 5/11/2019.

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    The Society of Point of Care Ultrasound POCUS resources https://spocus.org/FOAMEDLast accessed: 5/11/2019.

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    Renal Fellow Network Focus on POCUN. https://www.renalfellow.org/tag/pocun/Last accessed: 5/11/2019.

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Fellows Corner

POCUS-Enhanced Physical Examination Is the Future, and the Future Is Now

Harini Bejjanki Harini Bejjanki, MD, is a nephrology fellow and internist at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASN, is assistant professor of medicine in the division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

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Abhilash Koratala Harini Bejjanki, MD, is a nephrology fellow and internist at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASN, is assistant professor of medicine in the division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

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