Usefulness and reliability of point of care ultrasound in Family Medicine: Focused cardiac and lung ultrasound

The family doctor incorporates clinical ultrasound as an exploration and diagnosis technique in his care activity, the same way as the rest of the specialists. His generalist role makes him a potential user of all possible applications of this technique, which can provide a high impact on his ability to manage, focus and solve a large number of clinical situations. In this article we focus on assessing the usefulness and reliability of clinical ultrasound performed by the family doctor in their most novel aspects such as focused cardiac ultrasound and lung ultrasound. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.