The term point of care ultrasound (POCUS) refers to a sonographic examination directly performed at the patient’s bedside, ideally by the treating physician, to interpret and integrate images into the clinical reasoning for diagnostic, monitoring, risk stratification and therapeutic scope. Many denominations have been used to indicate differences in devices: for example, ‘echoscopy’ usually refers to examination with pocket-size device [1]; in operator expertise: for example, ‘limited echocardiography’ refers to a bedside echocardiogram with reduced items assessment but performed by a specialist; in the considered organ: for example, FoCUS refers to focused echocardiography, a POCUS where only the heart is evaluated [2].
