American footbal fever has hit the city…

and the buzz around town has been amazing. Even if you aren’t into football culture it has been pretty cool to witness! Given Melbourne looked a gem today I think this may be the first of many opportunities to see this sport live downunder. We’ll be sure to schedule a course around the time of the next one 😊

News this week to pay attention to:

• A piece on the effectiveness of short form POCUS training in the African Journal of Emergency Medicine “Developing procedural ultrasound capacity in Malawi through a focused training course” (11 September)
• A fascinating (and scary) case in Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine – “The Stellate Ganglion Nerve Block—A Novel Use for Electrical Storm in the Emergency Department: A Case Report” (7 September)

Time to enjoy the weekend delights…keep your probes clean and the gel warm.

Mike and Suean

 

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11 September

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Developing procedural ultrasound capacity in Malawi through a focused training course

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10 September

80% of unguided/unfocused ultrasound training hours are a complete waste of time🗑️ Quality strategy beats extra practice every time🎯 Are we letting learners build bad habits? Prove us wrong below! 👇 www.facebook.com/groups/23205… #ultrasoundtraining #POCUS #meded

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— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow.bsky.social) 10 September 2026 at 15:08

CASE

Sinus Venosus Defect Mimicking a Cavopulmonary Window

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Intestinal Ultrasonography for Predicting Postoperative Endoscopic Recurrence and Assessing Risk of Intestinal Surgery in Crohn’s Disease—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

Echocardiography

Right Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain and 30-Day Mortality in Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: An External Validation Study

9 September

European Heart Journal

Point-of-care echocardiography screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using automated deep-learning analysis

Sonography

Long-Term Chronological Changes of Liver Stiffness After Hepatic Rupture: A Case Report

Anaesthesia

Real-time ultrasound-guided thoracic epidural catheter insertion in routine clinical practice: every journey begins with a single step

AEM

Scholarly Productivity of Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Directors: A National Cross-Sectional Analysis

Radiology Case Reports

Second trimester adnexal torsion of a large ovarian mature teratoma: Diagnostic value of whirlpool sign

JASE

Echocardiography-derived hemodynamic forces in cardiac resynchronization therapy: association with reverse remodeling and long-term outcomes

ABC

Darwin-based mothers-to-be travelling hundreds of kilometres for time-sensitive pregnancy scans

 

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8 September

Anaesthesia

Pericapsular nerve group block with phenol for non-operative hip fracture management in patients living with frailty: a prospective multicentre cohort study

PLOSOne

Association between patellar tendon-related pain and morphological abnormalities of the patellar tendon visualized using ultrasound imaging in middle school athletes

PLOSOne

Application of musculoskeletal ultrasound in postoperative rehabilitation assessment and monitoring after rotator cuff repair: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Systolic Anterior Motion After Mitral Valve Repair: Echocardiographic Prediction, Surgical Prevention and Perioperative Management

7 September

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Pulmonary Embolism—A Century of Progress

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine

The Stellate Ganglion Nerve Block—A Novel Use for Electrical Storm in the Emergency Department: A Case Report

6 September

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Diaphragm Ultrasound: State-of-the-Art Review

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Bilateral Ultrasonographic Mapping and Morphometry of the Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus: A Prospective Multicenter Study

5 September

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Diaphragm Ultrasonography Reveals Progressive Changes in Diaphragmatic Function, Morphology, and Muscle Trophism During Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Children

CASE

Incidental Cardiac Inflammatory Pseudotumor

Insights into Imaging

From zero-shot to fine-tuning: optimize large language models for error detection of ultrasound reports

Frontiers in Medicine

Effect of ultrasound-guided small needle knife on patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized clinical trial

Echocardiography

Early-Diastolic Right Ventricle–Pulmonary Artery Pressure Gradient by Doppler Echocardiography to Guide Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assessment of Pulmonary Regurgitation after Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction