What a week we’ve had…

with the running of the final face-to-face TRUST course for 2024.

An amazing and diverse group of people came from all over the country representing the full range of medical backgrounds, bringing with them an energy dedicated to advancing ultrasound training.

Ideas were flowing, debates were debated and laughs aplenty shared. TRUST is always fun and enjoyable, and if upping your teaching game while joining a peer support network is your aim for 2025 be sure to join us – dates are available here.

And a reminder – we’re rapidly approaching the end of the year and places on courses are sparse; if you want to get in before Christmas your time is now.

On the general news front, highlights from this week include:

• Arun Nagdev (@NagdevARUN) and team on Complication Rates After Ultrasonography-Guided Nerve Blocks Performed in the Emergency Department (14 November)
• Rebecca Perry (@Becho2106) who took over the ASA (@asasonography ) feed to present cases on the assessment of patients with thick LV walls using echo (12 November).
• Matt Tabbut (@mtabbut) on the thoracic portion of the FAST exam (12 November).
• A paper in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine (@SJTREM) – Prehospital ultrasound constitutes a potential distraction from the observation of critically ill patients: a prospective simulation study (10 November)

This and more all worth a look.

The weekend beckons now – have a good one!

Mike and Suean

 

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15 November

@JCM_MDPI

The Nuchal Cord Conundrum: Understanding and Addressing Umbilical Entanglement in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy

Radiology Case Reports

Prenatal ultrasound assisted diagnosis of de-novo terminal 7q deletion syndrome: A case report with literature review

Echocardiography Journal

Multi-Modality Imaging to Detect Ischemic and Valvular Heart Disease in Adult Cancer Patients

Radiology Case Reports

Hidden obstruction: A rare case of hematometrocolpos in a young adolescent with vaginal atresia

Radiology Case Reports

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous transjejunal creation of neoanastomosis for the treatment of bilioenteric anastomotic occlusion

Echocardiography Journal

Anatomical Significance of the Patent Foramen Ovale by Real-Time 3D TEE in Cryptogenic Stroke and Migraine

Radiology Case Reports

Multimodal approach in distinguishing and managing uterine arteriovenous malformation: A case report

Radiology Case Reports

A case of ruptured infrapatellar bursa sac with Baker’s cyst

14 November

Finding VEXUS vexxing?
Then check out this comprehensive review of the what, where, when and how to perform this valuable but technically complex examination.
Do you have any tips or tricks to add? Join the conversation… https://t.co/IE5sdT6zuw#POCUS #ultrasoundtraining pic.twitter.com/QriqUITQoJ

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) November 14, 2024

After 20 years of doing ultrasound-guided nerve blocks @HGHED for analgesia, we have finally started to change EM. Multiple amazing people have come together to help get this paper published. @GoldyMD @BlockHeads21G @BlockIt_Hot_Pod @ACEPNow https://t.co/bwMlsLicKi

— Arun Nagdev (@NagdevArun) November 13, 2024

Echocardiography Journal

Early Detection of Left Ventricular Dysfunction With Machine Learning-Based Strain Imaging in Aortic Stenosis Patients

Radiology Case Reports

A rare case report: An early second trimester cystic hygroma with hydrops fetalis

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13 November

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Sometimes it just BAFFLES me that this procedure used to be done blind 🙈 😵‍💫

I mean, kudos to the docs who used to have the skills to do this…but in 2024, we can be better! #POCUS

Here’s a quick #tweetorial on using ultrasound for #paracentesis 🧵 pic.twitter.com/Gd7sF4kCkc

— Katie Wiskar (@katiewiskar) November 12, 2024

@JAMANetworkOpen

Ultrasonography-Guided Nerve Blocks Should Be Part of Routine Emergency Care

@JAMANetworkOpen

Complication Rates After Ultrasonography-Guided Nerve Blocks Performed in the Emergency Department

12 November

In partnership with Pfizer Australia, we are delighted to have @becho216 from @unisa take over the ASA X feed tonight. She is sharing 2 cases on the assessment of patients with thick LV walls using echo. Please join the conversation! #ASA #echofirst

— ASA (@asasonography) November 12, 2024

Check out the latest video about the FAST exam by @mtabbut. In part 2 we discuss the thoracic portion of the FAST and how to integrate the FAST exam into trauma care.https://t.co/abtH4pkSFV#POCUS #Ultrasound #MetroEUS #trauma #emergencymedicine

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) November 12, 2024

#PedsIcu Evolution and Impact of a Diagnostic #POCUS : Pediatric Critical Care Medicine https://t.co/vp4UftD42g @PedCritCareMed

— PICU Journal Watch #PedsICU #PedsCICU (@PICJournalWatch) November 11, 2024

@WFUMB

Development of a Deep Learning Model for Classification of Hepatic Steatosis from Clinical Standard Ultrasound

@WFUMB

A Review on Ultrasound-based Methods to Image the Distribution of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biomedical Applications

@AIUMUltrasound

The Dawn of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Ultrasound

@MDPIOpenAccess

Ectopic Kidney, a Challenging First Trimester Diagnosis—Case Report and Literature Review

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11 November

Here’s a starter pack for #pocus tweeps wanting a bluer sky! Will add those that migrate to it as they come. pic.twitter.com/7jMBGs5xXX

— @load-depentent.bsky.social (@load_dependent) November 10, 2024

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine (CPC-EM)

Painless Aortic Syndrome in a Patient with Syncope and Globus Sensation: A Case Report

10 November

@CASEfromASE

Echocardiography-Guided Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device for Postinfarct Ventricular Septal Rupture

@SJTREM

Prehospital ultrasound constitutes a potential distraction from the observation of critically ill patients: a prospective simulation study

@medpagetoday

Should I Get a Handheld Ultrasound?

9 November

The final face-to-face TRain the UltraSound Trainer (TRUST) course for 2024 is go!
Join the Zedu movement and become the trainer you always wanted to be https://t.co/23zepl4sSW#ultrasoundtraining #POCUS #learn #teach #grow #ultrasound pic.twitter.com/u6apD30tOe

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) November 8, 2024

@AcadRadiol

Evaluation of rectus abdominis muscle using high-frequency ultrasound and shear wave elastography to construct a risk prediction model for postpartum low back pain

@_Anesthesiology

Paravertebral versus Pectoralis-II (Interpectoral and Pectoserratus) Nerve Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia after Nonmastectomy Breast Surgery: A Randomized, Controlled, Observer-masked Noninferiority Trial

Cardiovascular Ultrasound @BioMedCentral

Left atrial strain in patients without cardiovascular disease: uncovering influencing and related factors

@WFUMB

Dyssynchronous Fetal Heart Failure in Maternal Diabetes: Evaluation with Speckle Tracking Echocardiography and Novel M-Mode Software

@ISUOG

Ultrasound assessment of lymph nodes for staging of gynecological cancer: consensus opinion on terminology and examination technique