| 1 | MOD | Removed “(XREF §7)” from PSAX note | Internal marker |
| 1 | DEL | §1.4 Universal Pitfalls (8 items) | Self-evident; one item covered by §1.1; cardiac-arrest line already in §6.2 |
| 2 | MOD | Removed “(XREF §7)” from §2.1 HCM line | Internal marker |
| 3 | ADD | §3.1 EPSS operating-point clarification (target-specific, non-nested) | Evidence integration |
| 3 | ADD | §3.1 LVIDd/EPSS pilot (v5 add) | New data [Cosansu 2019] |
| 3 | ADD | §3.5.2 E/e′ >15 + B-lines 100%/95.8% (v5 add) | New data [Zawadka 2020] |
| 3 | MOD | §3.5 diastolic revised to 2025 ASE framework (Step 1/2, LARS, E/e′ >14) | 2025 ASE update [Nagueh 2025] |
| 3 | ADD | §3.5.10 CHEOPS bundle + perioperative/critical-care LVDD | New subsection [Sanfilippo 2023; Ryu 2017; Fisher 2026] |
| 3 | ADD | §3.7 Acute cor pulmonale (TEE) | New data [Mekontso Dessap 2016] |
| 4 | ADD | §4.1 12-region aeration score 0–36 (v5 add) | Serial ICU monitoring [Bouhemad 2015; Mojoli 2019] |
| 4 | ADD | §4.1 Safe thoracentesis echo-free depth ≥15 mm (v5 add) | [Volpicelli 2012] |
| 4 | ADD | §4.1 Perioperative aeration loss r = −0.43 (v5 add) | [Monastesse 2017] |
| 4 | ADD | §4.4 A→B-lines = fluid endpoint (v5 add) | [Lichtenstein 2014] |
| 4 | DEL | §4.1 Consolidation size tiers | No pool support; v6 source hunt |
| 5 | ADD | §5.2 VExUS (4 sites, grades 0–3, confounders) | New subsection [Malbrain 2024; Huard 2026] |
| 5 | ADD | §5.4 Multimodal low-output/hypovolaemia pattern | [Chen 2022] |
| 5 | ADD | §5.5 Fluid tolerance harm-limiting markers | [Huard 2026] |
| 5 | ADD | §5.6 PLR practical points | [Beurton 2019] |
| 6 | ADD | §6.1 RUSH | New subsection [Choi 2023] |
| 6 | ADD | §6.2 Cardiac arrest POCUS | New subsection [Soar 2021] |
| 6 | ADD | §6.3 Dyspnea/AF integrated protocol | New subsection [Huard 2026; Mojoli 2019] |
| 6 | ADD | §6.4 PE-risk combined vascular POCUS | [Choi 2023; Jarman 2023] |
| 6 | ADD | §6.5 Acute aortic syndrome + occlusion protocol | [Nishigami 2022; Nazerian 2019; Bloom 2020] |
| 7 | ADD | §7 HCM/HOCM POCUS recognition (7.1–7.4) | New section [Stoll 2021; Dabo-Trubelja 2025; Ommen 2020] |
| 8 | ADD | §8.1 DVT, §8.2 Carotid, §8.3 Renal Doppler | New subsections [Chang 2021; Pokhrel 2023] |
| 8 | ADD | §8.4 Aorta-focused POCUS (Four Ss, thresholds, performance) | [Nishigami 2022; Nazerian 2019; Bloom 2020; Wu 2023] |
| 9 | ADD | §9.3 Dengue GBWT (thresholds, meta-analysis, AEDES) | New subsection [Shahsavand 2025; Tavares 2019; Quintero 2025] |
| 9 | ADD | §9.5 Obstetric/gynaecologic focused POCUS | New subsection [De Robertis 2026; Recker 2021; Singh 2026] |
| 9 | ADD | §9.6 Pitfalls (19 items) | Standing rule |
| 10 | ADD | §10.4 v5 technique lines (3) | User instruction [Chang 2021] |
| 10 | ADD | §10.10 Gastric POCUS (new section) | Run 9 [Perlas 2018; El-Boghdadly 2019; Haskins 2026] |
| 10 | ADD | §10.11 Pitfalls (14 items, consolidated airway + gastric) | Standing rule |
| 11 | ADD | §11.5 Pitfalls (8 items) | Standing rule |
| 12 | ADD | §12.3 Pitfalls (10 items) | Standing rule |
| 13 | MOD | EPSS-peds pitfall retained | Carried from v4 §16 |
| 15 | DEL | Key Statistical Figures | Duplication of §1–§14; 5 stats → v6-to-do |
| 16 | DEL | Pitfalls & Safety | Duplication of per-section Pitfalls; 8 universal items removed as self-evident |