TY - JOUR T1 - Fifteen-minute consultation: Point of care ultrasound in the management of paediatric shock JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 136 LP - 141 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317972 VL - 106 IS - 3 AU - James A Hardwick AU - Michael J Griksaitis Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/106/3/136.abstract N2 - The use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the assessment of the acutely shocked adult patient has been well established for over a decade. Comparatively, its use in paediatrics has been limited, but this is starting to change with the recent introduction of Children’s Acute Ultrasound training. This article highlights the pathophysiology of shock in children and demonstrates how bedside ultrasound can be used to assist decision making in the clinical assessment of the neonate, infant or older child presenting with undifferentiated shock. We discuss a structured protocol to use when performing the POCUS examination and explain how this could lead to a more rapid correlation of the ultrasound findings with the underlying cause of shock. ER -