Putting the finishing touches on this #weeklywrap…

before hitting the road again! Off into the hinterland of Victoria educating the rural and remote physicians of the future. We’ll only be running on our caffeinated poison of choice by the end of it, but these weekends are always rewarding.

Highlights this week include the release of the New International Guidelines and Consensus on the Use of Lung Ultrasound (@AIUMultrasound) – to a mixed reaction on social media. Take a look for yourself and let us know what you think. The potential for an increase in finding incidentalomas assocaited with increasing ultrasound workshops was raised in the Pocus Journal (@POCUSJournal), an issue that was also addressed in our POCUS Educators / Seed Support Network on Facebook.

We encourage you to join this community as it is growing fast, with representatives from every part of the world all eager to learn and share. Also check out the ever reliable resources from @MH_EMultrasound and @NephroPocus.

Off now to pack the bags and ultrasound systems…

See you next week

Suean and Mike

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Get the most out of your teaching moments – join our TRain the UltraSound Trainer (TRUST) course This isn’t a course on how to perform an ultrasound examination or use the technology – it’s designed to give you the teaching tools you’ll need to teach ultrasound on the run. In the words of a previous participant – it’s meta! We’re running this internationally recognised course in Australia for the first time in July and October – don’t miss out.

22 – 23 October

26 August

Point of Care Ultrasound (#POCUS) can be a useful diagnostic tool to assess cardiac function in real time. Read more from “Use of Cardiac POCUS in Diagnosis of HFrEF in a Patient with Ischemic Stroke,” on #Currents: https://t.co/Trrbyg9MZK pic.twitter.com/GtpftR1oex

— Neurocritical Care Society (@neurocritical) August 25, 2022

@PLOSone

Post-systolic shortening index by echocardiography evaluation of dyssynchrony in the non-dilated and hypertrophied left ventricle

25 August

🫡One step close to knowing the #diagnostic #accuracy of #ultrasonography for the #detection of #hepatic #steatosis

Just read this hot paper!🥰

Full text📝:https://t.co/uLr1gJQbOk
PDF: https://t.co/26ZJiLNyaP

Welcome to read and leave your comments💬@MetabolismAnd #MedTwitter pic.twitter.com/WIoWMcIqbq

— Metabolism and Target Organ Damage (@MetabolismAnd) August 25, 2022

Check out the latest video from our Ultrasound Grand Rounds. How POCUS can help you make disposition decision in the ED with @DanMirsch.https://t.co/VkQz7BlqWY#MetroEUS #POCUS #Ultrasound #MedTwitter #FOAMus pic.twitter.com/Vn1gjUIo7r

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) August 25, 2022

Now in print for those who prefer it the old fashioned way 😆
Using ultrasound to answer your haemodynamic clinical questions at the bedsidehttps://t.co/CjE3tNGHAA#echofirst #pocus #haemodynamics #FUSIC

— Ashley Miller (@icmteaching) August 25, 2022

Following the New International Guidelines & Consensus on the Use of #Lung #Ultrasound https://t.co/rccpqPwJaZ we've returned to the start

🥶The BLUE protocol

How do you teach lung #POCUS?
What issues do you face?

Join the discussionhttps://t.co/wJYspGftEz#USSEED #MedTwitter pic.twitter.com/XvDtIXY5AW

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) August 25, 2022

SIPO-Swimming induced pulmonary edema-I was honoured to be involved alongside some super impressive researchers! pic.twitter.com/fQIvbWIVar

— Cardiac Skills Australia (@cardiacskills) August 25, 2022

@JAMANetworkOpen

Small Study Effects in Diagnostic Imaging Accuracy: A Meta-Analysis

24 August

Super informative conversation about the role #POCUS can play in limited resources environments such as #globalhealth #militaryPOCUS #ASRASIGs @ASRA_Society @markbrouillette @dr_melissabyrne @dr_rajgupta https://t.co/93Nu67CPaO

— Stephen Haskins (@shaskinsMD) August 24, 2022

Hot off the press 🗞

Demi et. al. (2022)
New International Guidelines and Consensus on the Use of Lung #Ultrasound.

J Ultrasound Med. https://t.co/rccpqPNMcZ@AIUMultrasound #POCUS pic.twitter.com/s7mXTFn0JG

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) August 24, 2022

#Incidentalomas are a reality when running #ultrasound/#POCUS workshops

– What policies/procedures do you have in place?
– How do you communicate these?
– What experiences ➕or➖ can you share?

Let's discuss & learn…

Join the educators network https://t.co/wJYspGwwGz pic.twitter.com/KO2CjjzmS0

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) August 24, 2022

We are excited to announce the launch of our NEW Madtown Sono website, our hub for all things point-of-care ultrasound related at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Check out our collection of lectures, cases, and other resources! #pocus #FOAMed #FOAMushttps://t.co/cac2zR25t3

— Madtown Sono (@MadtownSono) August 23, 2022

@PLOSOne

Clinical implications of first-trimester ultrasound dating in singleton pregnancies obtained through in vitro fertilization

@WINFOCUS @MarcVives13 @MercadalJordi @SCISEDAR @albimar23 @criticscartd @semicyuc

A simple algorithm for differential diagnosis in hemodynamic shock based on left ventricle outflow tract velocity–time integral measurement: a case series

23 August

Free #POCUS online learning

✍️🔗https://t.co/ASwT33iVRK#FOAMed #FOAMcc #FOAMus #FOAMrad #CCUS @anaesthesiaNUHS @NUSMedicine pic.twitter.com/W8rROyYSnF

— pocus.sg (@pocus_today) August 22, 2022

Time to update the #VExUS resources pinned thread 🧵📌
1/ Tweetorial on image acquisition.#POCUS #MedEd https://t.co/IqNJIPM7Vf

— NephroPOCUS (@NephroP) August 22, 2022

#POCUS quiz for #VExUS enthusiasts.
Image obtained from a patient with heart failure with preserved EF. IVC 1.9 cm with 30% inspiratory collapse.
Here is the intra-renal image. Interpretation of the venous waveform?
POLL in thread 👇#MedEd #Nephrology pic.twitter.com/c7YLqBU4ZE

— NephroPOCUS (@NephroP) August 22, 2022

@AIUMultrasound

Why Should We Use Ultrasound for Nail Evaluation

@eScholarship

Department of Emergency Medicine (UCI) Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency MedicineVolume 6, Issue 3

22 August

J. Clin. Med.

The Effects of a Therapeutic Strategy Guided by Lung Ultrasound on 6-Month Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure: Results from the EPICC Randomized Controlled Trial

@PLOSOne

Composite carotid intima-media thickness as a risk predictor of coronary heart disease in a selected population in Sri Lanka

21 August

With the increasing uptake of routine abdominal imaging, expect a rise in incidental findings in the #kidneys. This case series describes #incidentaloma findings in healthy #nephrology fellows volunteering at a #POCUS workshop: https://t.co/MXyCWPfqQ7 #FOAMus #FOAMed #MedEd pic.twitter.com/g2B7j26pCQ

— POCUS Journal (@POCUSJournal) August 20, 2022

 

20 August

J. Clin. Med.

Prediction of Neonatal Respiratory Morbidity Assessed by Quantitative Ultrasound Lung Texture Analysis in Twin Pregnancies

Journal of Intensive Care @EMSurgeryBMC

Association between histological diaphragm atrophy and ultrasound diaphragm expiratory thickness in ventilated patients