Urinary Retention: How POCUS Helped This Patient Skip the ER

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Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a transformative tool for evaluating urinary retention in primary care. After this podcast, you will understand how POCUS helps differentiate urinary symptoms, measure post-void residual bladder volume, and guide safe and timely catheter placement.

If you are a primary care or an urgent care provider and are not using POCUS, now is the time to start! It's a cost-effective tool that improves clinical decision-making, patient experience, and efficiency while bringing additional revenue to the practice.

In this episode, we cover:

• How POCUS identifies acute urinary retention in real time

• How to calculate bladder volume using ultrasound

• The role of AI in bladder scanning

• When and how to perform a post-void scan

• How POCUS helps avoid unnecessary ED visits and catheterizations

You can view the full episode on YouTube at the link here.

At Hello Sono, we are committed to clinical excellence and efficiency. We build high-quality, compliant, and profitable POCUS programs to improve patient care and save overall healthcare costs. Access the POCUS ROI Calculators to see the financial impact of POCUS. Fill out the contact form to speak to an expert.

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