16th Winfocus World Congress

WINFOCUS is pleased to announce that the 16th WINFOCUS World Congress will be held in Oporto, Portugal from October 15-18, 2020....

27 April, 2020 / 0 Comments

A case of intrathyroid parathyroid tumor that was difficult to diagnose by ultrasonography

With advances in diagnostic imaging such as ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), and 99mTc-MIBI-sestamibi (MIBI) scintigraphy, localized diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) has become possible with considerable accuracy. ...

28 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

Mechanical ventilation weaning issues.

Although mechanical ventilation may be a patient’s vital ally during acute illness, it can quickly transform into an enemy during chronic conditions....

23 March, 2020 / 0 Comments

Webinar | Control y evolución mediante ecografía pulmonar en Covid-19

Este webinar, permite conocer mediante conceptos precisos y casos prácticos, cómo utilizar la imagen ecográfica durante el estudio del paciente con Covid-19....

28 February, 2020 / 0 Comments

Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound for COVID-19 (PoCUS4COVID): international expert consensus

The expert panel from 27 countries and 6 continents with considerable experience of direct application of PoCUS on COVID-19 patients presents evidence-based consensus using GRADE methodology for the quality of evidence and an expedited, modified-Delphi process for the strength of expert consensus. ...

28 December, 2019 / 0 Comments

WINFOCUS San José ITU is Born!

WINFOCUS San José ITU is Born! Congratulations on this great achievement to Dr. Alejandro Moya Álvarez, Dr. Marco Umaña Ramírez and their Costarricense Team!...

27 April, 2019 / 0 Comments

Webinar | PoCUS for acute respiratory failure in the time of COVID-19: critical care cases from Toronto. Part 2

After the success of the first webinar, a second WINFOCUS' webinar with new contents and cases' discussion will take place on August 6, 2020 at 10.30 a.m. EDT, USA, (04.30pm hours in most of Europe, and 07.30am hours, PST)....

17 July, 2018 / 0 Comments

Webinar | PoCUS for acute respiratory failure in the time of COVID-19: critical care cases from Toronto.

WINFOCUS is presenting a series of webinars highlighting how experts are adapting this technology to their own practice setting....

16 July, 2018 / 0 Comments

Webinar | “My last shift…six ways that PoCUS saves lives, money, and/or time every day that I use it”

This webinar will feature common applications of ultrasound which are useful on any given shift. We will discuss examples across many organ systems where simple ultrasound evaluations can change management and improve care....

15 July, 2018 / 0 Comments

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training: An Assessment of Interns’ Needs and Barriers to Training

The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is generally on the rise worldwide. However, as the epidemiology of diseases and the approach to their management vary internationally, POCUS may not be universally applicable....

15 October, 2016 / 0 Comments