February is almost done…

which is just downright amazing. This year seems to be running in double speed – thank goodness we have an extra day this year just to catch up!! 🙂

Highlights from the ultrasound world of #FOAMed this week include:

• Tracy Morton (@TracyMorton) reports on how rural British Columbia is rising to meet the challenge of scale, training, and barriers of POCUS use (23 February), and
• in a topic close to our hearts, a piece in @WINFOCUS on POCUS training among healthcare providers (21 February)

PLUSf- a little extra for experts – check out the article in @Medicalrepublic (22 February) on how ultrasound can lead to speedy sperm!!

Time to get on the floor and teach now…

See ya next week

Mike and Suean

23 February

Use of point-of-care ultrasound in rural British Columbia.

Read a story of how #pocus went viral? Now in 90% of #ruralBC ERs, influencing care 50% of the time it’s used. We need to revamp #ugme and residency with longitudinal POCUS curriculum.https://t.co/DELqcad2Ql

— Tracy Morton (@TracyMorton) February 22, 2024

Toxicon

Non-invasive diagnosis of diaphragmatic paralysis in botulism using ultrasound

Radiology Case Reports

Dual ectopy: Unique appearance of ectopic thyroid

22 February

It’s #POCUS article of the week time – and we’re returning to the perennial old chestnut – volume status and the IVC.

What’s your experience? Join the conversation…https://t.co/JCkO9jh5yh#ultrasound #ultrasoundtraining #FOAMus pic.twitter.com/luoMpJXzno

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) February 22, 2024

Skeletal Muscle Echo Intensity Values Differ Significantly across Ultrasound Parameter Settings

@JCM_MDPI

Clinical Ultrasound Applications in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Year 2024

@Medicalrepublic

Ultrasound for speedy sperm

21 February

Is your critically ill patient fluid responsive? Check out the Critical Care Case of the Month by @liptonEM to learn more on how to non-invasively determine fluid responsiveness with #pocus #criticalcare #LVOTVTIhttps://t.co/BoIflXgKBO

— Vanderbilt EUS Fellowship (@vumc_emus) February 20, 2024

@WINFOCUS

Evaluation of point-of-care ultrasound training among healthcare providers: a pilot study

@WINFOCUS

Thoracic ultrasound use in hospitalized and ambulatory adult patients: a quantitative picture

@WINFOCUS

The usefulness of point-of-care ultrasound in dehydrated patients in a pediatric emergency department

@EMNews

POCUS Helps Confirm IO Placement

20 February

@AIUMUltrasound

Echocardiography: Visualizing Our Most Vital Organ—The Heart

Resuscitation Plus

Real-time feedback on chest compression efficacy by hands-free carotid Doppler in a porcine model

@TheSDMS

Occupational Burnout in Sonography Research and Workplaces: What Is It, How Do We Measure It, and How Do We Address It?

@WINFOCUS

Can absence of cardiac activity on point-of-care echocardiography predict death in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis

 

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19 February

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine @tandfonline

Effects of uterine Doppler on midbrain growth and cortical development in late onset fetal growth restricted fetuses: a prospective cross-sectional study

18 February

@MedicineLWW

Point of care thoracic ultrasound versus chest computed tomography in the approach of febrile neutropenia patients: A diagnostic accuracy cohort study

17 February

@JCM_MDPI

Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block for Pain Management in a Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report and Review of the Current Literature

@ALiEMteam

SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Ultrasonographic Rabbit Hole

@CircAHA

Coronary Angiography, Intravascular Ultrasound, and Optical Coherence Tomography in the Guidance of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

nature communications @Nature

An ultrasensitive and broadband transparent ultrasound transducer for ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging in-vivo