Zedu Weekly Wrap - 17 February 2023

Cardiac ultrasound is the bomb…

particularly when it happens to coincide with Valentine’s Day. We avoided the stereotypical jokes though – well as best we could, it’s not all serious around here!

This week we uploaded the latest coaching corner to our resources section. It has already had us fielding a few questions on the techniques you can use to image foreign bodies. We love the water bath as it delivers such awesome images – be sure to check out and subscribe to the YouTube Channel or pass it around to anyone that may be looking to up their FB location game.

Highlights from this week include and article in BJA Journals by @KVermeylen
on deep posterior gluteal compartment block for regional anaesthesia of the posterior hip, Michael Prats (PratsEM) and the team talk about inclusion in the POCUS community on the latest US Gel Podcast, and Jonny Wilkinson (@Wilkinsonjonny) has released his monthly best FOAMed finds for February.

And as always, if you have research, news, views or resources you’d like included in the weekly wrap please drop us a line – we are always up for an ultrasound chat.

See you next week.

Suean and Mike

P.S. The recording of the first Coaching Corner for 2023 – covering the tips & tricks you can use to take the pain out of foreign bodies – is available now and free on the website.

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17 February

ICU stories (simple one): 75 yo pt w CAD s/p CABG x2 /COPD/DVT-PE on warfarin/PVD (L fem-pop bypass) presents to ED w weakness/nausea/melena/2 ds of LLE pain. SBP 80-90s/HR 80s (on metoprolol)/L foot purple, colder than R but "not too cold". Labs: Hb 5.9 (baseline 12.0), lac 4.0,

— IMCrit (@IM_Crit_) February 16, 2023

@BMJ_Open

Cardiac involvement assessment in systemic sclerosis using speckle tracking echocardiography: a systematic review and meta-analysis

@JCM_MDPI

Multimodality Imaging in Arrhythmogenic Left Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

@CASEfromASE

Aortic Valve Fenestrations: An Unsuspected Cause of Severe Regurgitation

Radiology Case Reports

Bilateral renal lipomatosis: A case report

16 February

#POCUS article of the week#Ultrasound during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Approach

How did you use POCUS when C-19 emerged? Did this change over the years? What challenges did you find – either in using or training in the tech?

Join the conversationhttps://t.co/DWzyyB8UXm pic.twitter.com/ECq7Rrv3qx

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) February 16, 2023

Big congrats to our fellow @toreylau on his first #POCUS publication! He did a great job of summarizing the current state of the evidence with sonographic optic nerve sheath assessment in emergency medicine. @VancouverPOCUS @RahimaliManji

🔗https://t.co/Oa7mBoVnmI in @Life_MDPI pic.twitter.com/E05jxjF52w

— Dan Kim (@dan___kim) February 15, 2023

@PLOSOne

Institutionalization of limited obstetric ultrasound leading to increased antenatal, skilled delivery, and postnatal service utilization in three regions of Ethiopia: A pre-post study

@ArthritisRes

Ultrasound halo count in the differential diagnosis of atherosclerosis and large vessel giant cell arteritis

@BJAJournals ft @KVermeylen

Deep posterior gluteal compartment block for regional anaesthesia of the posterior hip: a proof-of-concept pilot study

15 February

https://t.co/yp5tXisQPh
TEE Evaluation of Aortic Stenosis#echofirst #TEE #POCUS #MedTwitter #FOAMed #FOAMcc @IntensiveBot @EchofirstB @pocus_today #anaesthesia

— periop-echo (@echo_periop) February 14, 2023

https://twitter.com/coreultrasound/status/1625563591330959364?s=20&t=g1-0OBEhnTgtzxWyQMoFkw

I just posted a quick video on my tips and approach to #POCUS guided central line placement
Specifically, subclavian #CriticalCare #FOAMed #FOAMus https://t.co/oFs0HEGQFu

— Joseph Minardi (@jminardi21) February 14, 2023

The next in my #FOAMed #FOAMus series on abdominal #POCUS
The abdominal aorta
check it out
@WVUMedicine @WVUMedSchool @WVUEmergencyMed @WVU_Ultrasound @wvuemeducation https://t.co/pVHm7DiyLM

— Joseph Minardi (@jminardi21) February 14, 2023

@asumultrasound

B-mode ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound for evaluation of pneumonia: A pictorial essay

@Life_MDPI

A Narrative Review of Point of Care Ultrasound Assessment of the Optic Nerve in Emergency Medicine

14 February

🚨Published in February issue:
PoCUS in nephrology: a new tool to improve our diagnostic skills
📖https://t.co/ehHdZvz1wC
📸Systemic consequences of congestion
📸PoCUS strategies to assess congestion pic.twitter.com/YyhjwyJbtC

— CKJ (@CKJsocial) February 14, 2023

@ESICM

Erector spinae plane block ameliorates acute gastrointestinal injury

@downeastem

ULTRASOUND OF THE MONTH: CAN YOU USE POCUS FOR PNEUMONIA?