REVIEW article
Front. Med.
Sec. Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1622604
This article is part of the Research Topic25 Years of 21st Century MedicineView all 12 articles
Critical Care Ultrasound: Development, Evolution, Current and Evolving Clinical Concepts in Critical Care Medicine
Provisionally accepted
- West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Critical care ultrasound (CCUS) has emerged as a vital tool in modern critical care medicine (CCM), revolutionizing the assessment and management of critically ill patients. CCUS provides real-time insights into patient conditions and enables physicians to analyze the underlying mechanisms and pathophysiology of critical illnesses based on established theories and clinical needs, ultimately visualizing the phenotypes of patients and guiding clinical practice. The innovations of wearable ultrasound and the incorporation of artificial intelligence are further reshaping and broadening its application. This review underscores the importance of CCUS as an integral component of CCM, highlighting its development, current applications, and future directions. In addition, questions are raised regarding the standard training and guidelines of CCUS needing to be addressed in the near future.
Keywords: ultrasound, Critical Care, development, evolution, Challenges
Received: 04 May 2025; Accepted: 24 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Su, Tie, Wei, Zhou, Zou, Qin, Zeng, Li and YIN. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: WANHONG YIN, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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