Lung ultrasound: clinical applications and its teaching in medical education

The ultrasound as care at the bedside of the patient, or POCUS (Point-Of-Care Ultrasound), has taken today a primary place as a complementary tool in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients in different intensive care units and health care services. One of these specialties is internal medicine, since in the area of hospitalization patients with complex and critical clinical conditions are treated, who benefit from this tool for diagnostic complementation, monitoring and performing safer procedures. The pulmonary ultrasound is a tool to integrate the signs, symptoms and physical examination, for a better diagnostic accuracy and monitoring of patients. That is why we consider important the training of the internist not only in the pulmonary ultrasound, but also in other areas related to this diagnostic method. For this reason, we performed a review of the basic concepts of pulmonary ultrasound, a practical guide of how to do it, the current state of education and training in this area. As well as the importance in areas of clinical performance of the internist.