The beginning of March has been as mad as a hare…

another week of ultrasound adventures!

Let’s dive in to the news this week 🚀✨

• check out the lateset unmute your probe podcast on how ultrasound can change patient outcomes (5 March)
• Ross Prager discusses learnings from studying AI ultrasound in a zero G environment (5 March)

Off for a long weekend now – wishing our friends in the north of Australia the best of luck as they face the onslaught of Cyclone Alfred.

Mike and Suean

7 March

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Ultrasound-based Velocity Vector Imaging in the Carotid Bifurcation: Repeatability and an In Vivo Comparison With 4-D Flow MRI

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6 March

Introducing #POCUS at any stage in med training is a challenge. This paper addresses how the authors introduced POCUS into an IM residency program – lssons for all.

What can you share?

Join the conversation…https://t.co/zNkpbgAjnc#ultrasoundtraining #ultrasound pic.twitter.com/CaQDmmirBw

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) March 6, 2025

Obesity may present challenges but does not preclude gastric ultrasound

“Our findings suggest that semaglutide use and patient age (but not BMI) were the key determinants of increased residual gastric content in our studied population.” #anaesthesia #medicine #POCUS… pic.twitter.com/iqiM7IKsbd

— 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 (@Anaes_Journal) March 5, 2025

Intensive Care Medicine

How we use ultrasound in the initial management of the critically ill trauma patient

5 March

Listen to the next episode of Unmute Your Probe for a discussion on how ultrasound can change patient outcomes.

🎙️ Check it out: https://t.co/adacgpMLHP #POCUS #Ultrasound #EmergencyMedicine #MedTwitter pic.twitter.com/ZIFPoHa76a

— AAEM (@aaeminfo) March 4, 2025

(1/x) Performing ultrasound in zero gravity is harder than in the ICU…

Here’s what we learned from studying AI ultrasound in zero gravity trying to detect celestial dust related lung injury 🌙🚀

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Made possible by funding from @csa_asc pic.twitter.com/RT1rEdubd8

— Ross Prager (@ross_prager) March 4, 2025

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences (JMRS)

Point-Of-Care Ultrasound in Emergency Departments in Australia/New Zealand: An Emergency Physician’s Perspective

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Ultrasound assessment of the association between left atrial remodeling and fibrosis in patients with valvular atrial fibrillation: a clinical investigation

ACEPNow

POCUS-Guided Management of Tension Hydrothorax Causing Cardiac Tamponade

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4 March

I sent this to my department today as a TL;DR version of the new @ASRA_Society Guidelines on infection control. Feel free to use if it helps! There’s a QR code to scan for the full article at the end… pic.twitter.com/xXRIM47Oi0

— Jeff Gadsden (@jeffgadsden) March 3, 2025

Echocardiography Journal

Echocardiographic Parameters of Right Ventricular Size and Function Associated With Right Heart Failure After Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

AIUM

Optimizing Prenatal Imaging: The Role of Maternal-Fetal Medicine Sonographers

CASE

Infective Endocarditis of a Coronary Artery Fistula With Aortic Valve Involvement

The European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging

The role of multi-modality imaging for the assessment of left atrium and left atrial appendage: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

3 March

#POCUS to assess effectiveness of cricoid pressure (Sellick manoeuvre) in post-oesophagectomy patients

Who would use this for other high-risk aspiration patients?@nitya_reddivari @vibnaik @sravyaaddahttps://t.co/HfVqIrAe0z#Anaesthesia #Anesthesia #FOAMEd #EMTwitter #airway pic.twitter.com/huqpAv1IiF

— 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 (@Anaes_Reports) March 3, 2025

1/ Wild cardiac arrest with #POCUS playing a major role

An elderly male was sent from the nursing home in cardiac arrest. Per the prehospital report that we got, the patient was in vfib and refractory to 5 defib attempts. The patient got amio as well as several doses of epi.

— Josh Guttman (@drjgutt) March 2, 2025

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

The Accuracy of Sonography in the Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules

The Ultrasound Journal

Knowledge and utilization of obstetric ultrasound and associated factors among pregnant mother in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Ultrasound Journal

Venous excess ultrasound score association with acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Performance of a point-of-care ultrasound platform for artificial intelligence-enabled assessment of pulmonary B-lines

Sonography

The Concept of Sonographer Peer Professional Support

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2 March

The Ultrasound Journal

Relationship between point-of-care ultrasound venous congestion assessment parameters, intravenous pressure, and venous return: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective cohort study

1 March

https://t.co/scm7bdcXWA

Performing #PoCUS within 60 min or CT within 120 min was associated with
– shorter ED-LOS
– earlier surgical consultation,
– enhancing ED efficiency in patients with mild AC#FOAMed #EmergencyMedicine #SJTREM #ED #ultrasound pic.twitter.com/PZXL0X1fAw

— SJTREM (@SJTREM) March 1, 2025

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Nonvisualization of the Fetal Gallbladder: A Portuguese Case Series From a Tertiary Medical Center

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Effects of Low-Fat Food on Gallbladder Contraction and Sonographic Image Quality

Sonography

Satisfaction With Current Scan Times in Sonography Practice. A Survey of Australian and New Zealand Sonographers

MDPI Applied Sciences

Optimization of Long Superficial Femoral Artery Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty by Intraoperative Doppler Ultrasound