So the inevitable happened…

and Suean got the lurgy. Picked up in Longreach of all places – about as far away as anywhere you can get in the world! The irony having survived the lockdowns of Melbourne. She is on the mend and will be back on deck next week.

In the meantime she had to postpone this month’s Coaching Corner on breast ultrasound. But never fear, this will be the topic for August – registration details are below.

Lots to scan through this month – including a unique biomechanical study of coital positions using ultrasound. Guess this gives a new use for the term #POCUS – apologies for the dad joke Dr Lovie (@doctorlovie)!!

That’s all for now…see you next week

Mike (and an absent Suean)

P.S. –  Suean’s coaching corner covering the basics of breast #ultrasound – how to, tips & tricks – will be back next month, Zooming live & free Thurs 4 August, 7.30pm (AEST) Register & join our community of clever here…

Get the most out of your teaching moments – join our TRain the UltraSound Trainer (TRUST) course This isn’t a course on how to perform an ultrasound examination or use the technology – it’s designed to give you the teaching tools you’ll need to teach ultrasound on the run. In the words of a previous participant – it’s meta! We’re running this internationally recognised course in Australia for the first time in July and October – don’t miss out.

23 – 24 July | 22 – 23 October

8 July

Pt brought in for cardiac arrest with no pulse…is this…

A: PRES (Pulseless with a Rhythm and Echocardiographic Standstill)

OR

B: PREM (Pulseless with a Rhythm and Echocardiographic Motion)#FOAMed #FOAMcc #OHCA #PseudoPEA #PEA pic.twitter.com/Okc8KipuHC

— Salim R. Rezaie, MD (@srrezaie) July 7, 2022

7 July

Check out our latest video about Transgluteal Sciatic Nerve blocks by @POCUSaurusRex https://t.co/G1FngkFMYy#MetroEUS pic.twitter.com/OwDiGAk4bs

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) July 6, 2022

27 year-old female with end stage renal disease requiring regular hemodialysis presents with worsening dyspnea on exertion. You perform a POCUS:
What is the heart condition? What should you do next? Find out by working through the rest of this case at https://t.co/vLccfu2foV! pic.twitter.com/PazZRAhsPG

— Ultrasound Box (@UltrasoundBox) July 6, 2022

These #echofirst pictures are less than 48 hours apart showing the effect of #atrialstunning in a patient with spontaneous conversion from #afib to #sinusrhythm and paused anticoagulation due to gastrointestinal bleeding. #epeeps #cardioed @KardiologieHH pic.twitter.com/HRA7KE933O

— Tilman Schneider (@TSchneiderMD) July 6, 2022

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Can Predict Atrial Thrombosis Even in Non-High-Risk Individuals with Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Gray-Scale, Color Doppler, Spectral Doppler, and Contrast-Enhanced Renal Artery Ultrasound: Imaging Techniques and Features

Ultraschall Med

Prenatal Diagnosis, Associated Findings, and Postnatal Outcome in Fetuses with Double Inlet Ventricle (DIV)

6 July

https://twitter.com/doctorlovie/status/1544389151050571778?s=20&t=PSoA6PNtizzIpyMKFxo48g

@PLOSOne

Ultrasound imaging of patellar tendon thickness in elite sprint track cyclists and elite soccer players: An intra-rater and inter-rater reliability study

5 July

Wearing slightly less formal attire, I have uploaded a version of my #ESRA2022 talk on Blocks for Breast Surgery on my YouTube channel.#regionalanaesthesia #Regionalanesthesia #BreastSurgery #Paravertebral #KingOfBlockshttps://t.co/RrOXYCBA6A

— Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ (@amit_pawa) July 4, 2022

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Assessment of cardiac function in children by strain imaging and its correlation with conventional echocardiographic parameter

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Is continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) better than continuous Serratus Anterior Plane Block (SAPB) for mitral valve surgery via mini-thoracotomy? Results from a prospective observational study

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Utility of E point septal separation as screening tool for left ventricular ejection fraction in perioperative settings by anesthetists

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

The role of transesophageal echocardiography in evaluation and management of hypoxia following lung transplantation

4 July

US GEL PODCAST #129!

Neonatal Lines – Less Xrays, More Accuracy? #POCUS #FOAMus #USGEL #GELJr #FOAMed #peds #NICUhttps://t.co/CKzH0DDV74 pic.twitter.com/HYjr2sjlCt

— Michael I. Prats (@PratsEM) July 4, 2022

How to master the Pedof probe (SSN window) #echofirst #POCUS #echocardiogram #cardiology pic.twitter.com/QwW1yjrnmZ

— The Echo Lady (@The_echo_lady) July 4, 2022

BMJ Open

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound, CT and their combination in detecting cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Ultrasound Imaging in Predicting the Autograft Size in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

3 July

Thank you all for participating in our polls about central lines – lots of great conversation. To close out the weekend, a thread on confirming central line positioning. First, how do you confirm the position of your lines (assume right IJ approach)?

— PRIME Procedural Research and Innovation (@ProcedurePRIME) July 2, 2022

Echocardiography

Preliminary study of carotid variables under ultrasound analysis as predictors for the risk of coronary arterial atherosclerosis

@CASEfromASE

Usefulness of Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiographic Planimetry in a 4-Month-Old Infant with Comorbid Aortic Stenosis and Coarctation of the Aorta Complicated with Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction 

@CASEfromASE

Incidental Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of Right Coronary Artery From the Contralateral (Left) Sinus of Valsalva in a Child: Sonographer and Physician Perspectives

2 July

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Differential diagnosis of diffuse sclerotic thyroid papillary carcinoma and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis using fine-needle aspiration cytology, BRAFV600E, and ultrasound elastography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Sonographic findings of COVID-19 related acute scrotal infection and associations with clinical-laboratory data

@CJEMonline ft @MGottliebMD, @OlszynskiP, @PaulAtkinsonEM

Just the facts: point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac arrest

BMC Medical Education

PBL teaching in ultrasonography resident standardization training in the COVID-19 pandemic