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. 2024 Oct 24;13:268. doi: 10.1186/s13643-024-02673-3

Table 1.

Eligibility criteria for inclusion in the review

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Publication date January 1, 2000-present Prior to January 1, 2000
Language English Non-English
Application and protocol Diagnostic POCUS applications not limited to ocular (ONSD), transcranial Doppler, lung, cardiac, IVC, FAST (for intra-abdominal fluid), gastric, abdominal, airway, volume assessment, SVC, TTE, TEE, Doppler vein DVT for venous ultrasound, renal vascular, cardiac output, portal vein, VExUS Interventional POCUS (neuraxial, regional anesthesia, & vascular access)
Source Randomized controlled trials, feasibility studies, reviews, observational studies, validation studies, individual case reports POCUS education/simulation studies
Population Pregnant, parturient, and postpartum Obstetric ultrasound for fetal indications, gynecologic ultrasound
Period Third trimester, peripartum

ONSD Optic nerve sheath diameter, IVC Inferior vena cava, FAST Focused assessment with sonography in trauma, SVC Superior vena cava, TTE Transthoracic echocardiogram, TEE Transesophageal echocardiogram, DVT Deep vein thrombosis, VExUS Venous excess ultrasound score