This week started with Valentine’s Day…

and highly appropriately we’ve been working through the intricacies of focused echo with a dedicated group of emergency physicians. A kind of week where “Roses are red, Doppler is too, but away is the only way signals turns blue”. Sorry for that, but we found that was the best way to steer away from the artery/vein red/blue relationship!

This week’s highlight is from Michael Prats and the Ultrasound GEL team talking a subject close to our hearts – Ectopic Pregnancy – Does POCUS Expedite Operative Management? Suean owes her life to POCUS and can attest to this from experience – check it out for yourself.

See you next week.

Mike and Suean

P.S. – The first Coaching Corner for 2022  – Suean’s discussion on fetal well being assessment in the third trimester – is now uploaded and available for free. Check out this fantastic resources and the entire the back catalogue here.

18 February

https://t.co/8CxMtScg6A

— Stax_Baseball_Cards (@trigeminy_henry) February 17, 2022

Echocardiography Journal

Multimodality imaging of Abernethy malformation

@ACEPNow

Benefits of Using the Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block

17 February

Detecting spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage using a modified RUSH… https://t.co/m8rgU0Aj9w

— Zouheir Bitar (@zbitarsonoicu) February 16, 2022

Check out this week's #ultrasound discussion by @mtabbut about the Pediatric FAST exam in blunt abdominal trauma. #MetroEUS #POCUS #FOAMed #FOAMus #MedTwitter #EmergencyMedicine #Traumahttps://t.co/gH1ce317n3 pic.twitter.com/xbxBzanQ4b

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) February 16, 2022

The #POCUS Consult: How Point of Care Ultrasound Helps Guide Medical Decision Making #FOAMED #FOAMUS @Wilkinsonjonny @zedunow @WINFOCUS @NephroP @POCUS_Society
👉 https://t.co/JU91hha9kk pic.twitter.com/ZIVthXon4D

— Giuseppe Sfuncia (@Revivan75) February 16, 2022

and finally both images COMBINED (3/3)!

🗒️This is not a comprehensive list of everything but rather a mobile-friendly resource that can help at bedside#FOAMed #FOAMus@PittCardiology @SAEMAEUS @aroradrn @CanadianKayMD @nephrothaniel @AmrFBakarat @MasriAhmadMD @PACCMUS @PACCM pic.twitter.com/6xmmKYUUc4

— Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MRamzyDO) February 16, 2022

I dagens avsnitt pratar vi POCUS med en av de stora i Sverige @chrismuhr.
Avnittet är i samarbete med GM Medical och @ButterflyNetInc
Finns där poddar finns.#pocus #ButterflyiQ #Foamed https://t.co/bay0KN0nTN

— Arin Malkomian (@akuarma) February 17, 2022

Critical care #POCUS guided fluid resuscitation in septic shock: necessary? Which data?
💧superior vena cava diameter? inferior vena cava?
💧CVP?
Discussion ongoing…
🧫https://t.co/gw0arJQubt

Authors' reply to
🧫https://t.co/4sHJPJLANP

🧫Original study https://t.co/YCQ397SK4I pic.twitter.com/lrzIdMTd1J

— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) February 16, 2022

@ACEPNow @SonoStache

Preintubation Point-of-Care Echocardiography for Hemodynamic Optimization

16 February

@CasefromASE

Left Ventricular Metastases from Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma

@PedRadJnl

Ultrasonography of the bone surface in children: normal and pathological findings in the bone cortex and periosteum

15 February

US GEL PODCAST #120!

Ectopic Pregnancy – Expediting Operative Management? #POCUS #FOAMus #USGELhttps://t.co/E8EU36nFZr pic.twitter.com/JXZemnsIq0

— Michael I. Prats (@PratsEM) February 14, 2022

Appendix Gallery https://t.co/nxFF9zuH4B

— Stax_Baseball_Cards (@trigeminy_henry) February 14, 2022

Does fetal well being assessment in the 3rd trimester leave you baffled? Baffle no more – my #coachingcorner this month will give you confidence with a step-by-step approach
All #free #ultrasoundtraining for you – no gimmicks, no strings#POCUS #obstetrics #babies @zedunow https://t.co/gCN9JYYhxh

— Suean Pascoe (@i_c_sound) February 15, 2022

Ultraschall Med

Visualized Urethral Mobility Profile During Urine Leakage in Supine and Standing Positions

@ASE360

HYPERSENSITIVITY CROSS-REACTIVITY FOR ULTRASOUND ENHANCING AGENTS AND COVID-19 VACCINES

@WINFOCUS

Pericardiocentesis: ultrasound guidance is essential

14 February

Before ordering morphine for an ankle reduction, consider a popliteal sciatic nerve block! Check out this article by Dr. Nazey Gulec & @MayaLinMD @NYPBrooklyn to learn more! #POCUS #FOAMed #FOAMus @NagdevArun @MGottliebMD @PennyLema @sonositu @javimedsimushttps://t.co/wYIk0h6uSw

— ACEP Ultrasound (@ACEP_EUS) February 13, 2022

13 February

This week's @VaveHealth CMO vid is just over seven years old & remains one of my teaching #meded favs. Anyone want to list the kind of effusion(s) seen here, the structure that helps us determine this, and why that structure looks like it is missing a lateral wall? #POCUS pic.twitter.com/ssy0RhcRJZ

— Renee Dversdal (@DRsonosRD) February 13, 2022

#POCUS Quizz:

What is that long structure running in the middle of the image?

'Right mid-axillary line with low frequency transducer'

1. Pulmonary vein
2. Pulmonary ligament
3. LVAD driveline
4. Artefact
5. I don't know #CardioTwitter #echofirst pic.twitter.com/fRKRKv9CYL

— Hatem Soliman Aboumarie, FRCP, FEACVI, FASE, FHEA (@EchoSoliman) February 12, 2022

@CasefromASE

Multimodal Imaging Characterization of a Congenital Multilobular Interventricular Membranous Septal Aneurysm in a Patient Presenting with Embolic Stroke

@AJOG_thegray

Failure of placental detachment in accreta placentation is associated with excessive fibrinoid deposition at the utero-placental interface

12 February

Thought provoking article on the ethical considerations and obligations for primary care to adopt a clinical skill #POCUS that has both an evidential basis for benefit and is practically attainable https://t.co/OTB18SrxyL @rnzcuc @opotikigp @ParmyDeol @krishkashap @drbarai pic.twitter.com/DmfYPEYrAN

— Kelvin Ward (@UCUltrasound) February 11, 2022

EM@3AM: Cellulitis #FOAMed @secohen11 @EMHighAK @long_brit https://t.co/ozmUdTdGrF

— emDOCs Team (@emdocsdotnet) February 12, 2022

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Can left atrial appendage thromboembolic risk be quantified by transoesophageal echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation scheduled for catheter ablation or electrical cardioversion?

@CASEfromASE

A Primer on Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiographic Imaging of the Tricuspid Valve

@PLOSONE

No sonographer, no radiologist: New system for automatic prenatal detection of fetal biometry, fetal presentation, and placental location

@PLOSONE

Quantitative ultrasound, elastography, and machine learning for assessment of steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis in chronic liver disease

@PLOSONE

Pre-induction cervical assessment using transvaginal ultrasound versus Bishops cervical scoring as predictors of successful induction of labour in term pregnancies: A hospital-based comparative clinical trial

@PLOSONE

Assessing fetal growth in Africa: Application of the international WHO and INTERGROWTH-21st standards in a Beninese pregnancy cohort

@PLOSONE

The impact of skeletal muscle disuse on distinct echo intensity bands: A retrospective analysis

@PLOSONE

Relationship between adiponectin and intramuscular fat content determined by ultrasonography in older adults

We have a new #CoSTR #ALS Systematic Review on Diagnostic Test Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound during CPR to indicate the etiology of cardiac arrest available for public comment !
⛓ Read CoSTR 👉 https://t.co/gKwWhqDhLF and leave your comment! pic.twitter.com/GgD43984j5

— ILCOR (@Ilcor_org) February 10, 2022