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Ultraschall Med
DOI: 10.1055/a-2702-5310
Guidelines & Recommendations

Professional Standards in Thoracic Ultrasound - EFSUMB Position Paper

Professional Standards in Thoracic Ultrasound - EFSUMB Position Paper

Authors

  • Christian B. Laursen 

    1   Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark (Ringgold ID: RIN11286)
    2   Odense Respiratory Research Unit (ODIN), Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark Faculty of Health Sciences, Odense, Denmark (Ringgold ID: RIN74340)

  • Gabriele Via

    3   Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino - Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland

  • Damien Basille

    4   Department of Respiratory Disease and Critical Care Unit, , University Hospital Centre Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France
    5   Chest Ultrasound Working Group (G-ECHO), Société de pneumologie de Langue française, Paris, France (Ringgold ID: RIN559592)
    6   AGIR Unit - UR4294, University Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

  • Rahul Bhatnagar

    7   Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Ringgold ID: RIN1980)
    8   Respiratory Department, North Bristol NHS Trust Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Ringgold ID: RIN159003)
    9   Odense Respirartory Research Unit (ODIN), Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark Faculty of Health Sciences, Odense, Denmark (Ringgold ID: RIN74340)

  • Christian Jenssen

    10   Klinik für Innere Medizin, Krankenhaus Märkisch Oderland Strausberg/ Wriezen, Wriezen, Germany

  • Lars Konge

    11   Center for Clinical Education, University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Silvia Mongodi

    12   Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN18631)
    13   Dipartimento di Scienze Clinico-Chirurgiche, Diagnostiche e Pediatriche, Universita degli Studi di Pavia Facolta di Medicina e Chirurgia, Pavia, Italy (Ringgold ID: RIN60248)

  • Pia Iben Pietersen

    1   Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark (Ringgold ID: RIN11286)

  • Helmut Prosch

    14   Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (Ringgold ID: RIN27271)

  • Najib M Rahman

    15   Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Ringgold ID: RIN6396)
    16   Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford NIHR, Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    17   Oxford Chinese Academy of Medicine Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Ringgold ID: RIN6396)

  • Paul S Sidhu 

    18   Radiology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  • Matthias Wüstner 

    19   Central Interdisciplinary Sonography, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier, Trier, Germany (Ringgold ID: RIN39643)

  • Caroline Ewertsen

    20   Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen OE, Denmark
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This position paper of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) on professional standards in thoracic ultrasound is an adjunct to EFSUMB’s previously published professional standards in medical ultrasound – general aspects. The paper represents a position across the different medical professions within EFSUMB regarding optimal standards for the performing and reporting of thoracic ultrasound examinations by any professional ultrasound practitioner. It describes aspects that ensure procedure quality, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability in application of thoracic ultrasound. Recommendations are given related to safety and indication of thoracic ultrasound examinations, requirements for examination rooms, structured examination, systematic reporting of results, and management, communication and archiving of ultrasound data.



Publication History

Received: 18 March 2025

Accepted after revision: 16 September 2025

Accepted Manuscript online:
16 September 2025

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