Autumn’s rolled around already…

the evenings are getting darker sooner and we’ll soon be seeing the leaves drop. But we’ve been making sure the gel is warm, the coffee hot and the learning on fire 🙂

Last night’s coaching corner was a lot of fun, talking proximal DVT – conincidentally in DVT awareness month. This will be up live and free soon – keep your eyes peeled for that.

There’s ultrasound resources aplenty to work through this week. Highlights to check out include @PratsEM and Part 2 of the US GEL Podcast series on inclusion in the POCUS community, @Wilkinsonjonny with his monthly wrap of critical care FOAM finds, and the not to miss Jeff Gadsden (@jeffgadsden) and Amit Pawa (@amit_pawa) talking “WetAxilla” in the Block It Like It’s Hot Podcast (@BlockIt_Hot_Pod).

This and more – all worth checking out. And as always, if you have research, news, views or resources you’d like included in the weekly wrap please drop us a line – we are always up for an ultrasound chat.

See you next week.

Suean and Mike

P.S. The March Coaching Corner on proximal DVT was a hit last night – the recording will be up shortly. While you’re waiting check out the tips & tricks you can use to take the pain out of foreign bodies – available now and free on the website.

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3 March

#Educational Article

Point-Of-Care-Ultrasound #POCUS ، #Doppler training for Clinicians

Download🔗💯https://t.co/Nwz6tpzQzj@NephroP @POCUSAcademy @drshahrul80 @UltrasoundJelly @POCUS_Society @nobleultrasound @zedunow @POCUSJournal @MojtabaChardol1 @POCUSbot @emdocsdotnet pic.twitter.com/IgftYttP8b

— AliReza Bahmani, MD (@Dr_Bahmani) March 2, 2023

@PLOSOne

Ultrasound versus fluoroscopy as imaging guidance for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

@amjmed

Point-of-care lung ultrasound score for predicting escalated care in children with respiratory distress

Indian J Crit Care Med ft @EchoSoliman @pablommerlomd

Transesophageal Echocardiographic Assessment in Patients with Severe Respiratory Distress due to COVID-19 in the Prone Position A Feasibility Study

 

2 March

The #POCUS article of the week segues with tonight's (7.30pm AEDST) #coachingcorner on DVT

How do you teach DVT? Do you take a standardised approach? What tips & tricks do you have? Join the discussion…https://t.co/DswZ8ySJ58#ultrasound #SEED #USSEED #ultrasoundtraining pic.twitter.com/PjIGYBL1OW

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) March 2, 2023

Point-of-care #ultrasonography is increasingly used to #diagnose rare but deadly conditions, such as acute #aortic dissection, say Huafu Chen, MD, Sahrish Ekram, MD, Joseph Colla, MD, & Christopher Parker, DO, of @UICBrownCoat #FOAMed #ultrasound #POCUS https://t.co/pwUZ1Utues pic.twitter.com/WY4coM8dBf

— Emergency Medicine News (@EMNews) March 1, 2023

Posterior Aponeurosis injury of the rectus femoris 3 month after injury with retracted RF in #mskus #pocus #pocushub #GElogiqE10r3 #muscleinjury @carlespedret https://t.co/01rerNMFhw pic.twitter.com/BKCfsH9E2l

— Dr Jörg Dünkel (@SportklinikBern) March 1, 2023

#POCUS question of the day?
1. What does this image show, and what mode of ultrasound was used to obtain it?
2. What is the E-point?
3. What is the A- point?
4. What is EPSS, and why do we use it?

Scroll down to learn how to interpret the image. pic.twitter.com/8xVHi2BHtx

— Pulmonary-POCUS (@HoosierPocus) March 1, 2023

Radiology Case Reports

A point-of-care ultrasound approach to fascia iliaca nerve block in a patient with a hip fracture

@CritCareMed

The Impact of Thoracic Ultrasound on Clinical Management of Critically Ill Patients (UltraMan): An International Prospective Observational Study*

@CritCareMed

From Pac-Man to UltraMan

1 March

@WFUMB

Predicting Left Ventricular Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Speckle Tracking Automated Functional Imaging

@CASEfromASE

Acute Congestive Hepatopathy, Diagnosed With Point-of-Care Hepatic Ultrasound in a Patient on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

@MDPIOpenAccess

Echocardiographic Features of Cardiac Involvement in Myotonic Dystrophy 1: Prevalence and Prognostic Value

28 February

@BMJ_Open

Comparison of modified anterior and traditional posterior accesses for ultrasound-guided superior laryngeal nerve block in awake endotracheal intubation: study protocol for a randomised non-inferiority clinical trial

@Applsci

A Novel Approach to Tele-Ultrasound Imaging: Compressive Beamforming in Fourier Domain for Ultrafast Ultrasound Imaging

27 February

US GEL PODCAST #142!

Inclusion in the #POCUS Community – Part 2
w/ @thedoctormaz @javimedsimus #FOAMus #USGELhttps://t.co/JYSIzbh2Ty pic.twitter.com/D7eCHv7qIf

— Michael I. Prats (@PratsEM) February 27, 2023

A quick one to keep you all up to date! The last for Feb! We've sifted the best of the best for you. #FOAMed #POCUS #FOAMcc #Medtwitter #FOAMus #Echofirst https://t.co/oH2Q2VPHz4

— Jonny Wilkinson (@Wilkinsonjonny) February 27, 2023

We're running a SURVEY to establish how just many healthcare science professionals work in/with #ultrasound no matter how small a % of time spent doing it.

Survey open for responses until 10 March.https://t.co/Y84p2h1Lh9@UltrasoundPG @BSEcho @IPEM_UNIR_SIG pic.twitter.com/OBBBaYGR9M

— Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (@ipemnews) February 27, 2023

@Nature

A survey of barriers and facilitators to ultrasound use in low- and middle-income countries

@ASUMUltrasound

Overlapping imaging features between miscarriage of a low-lying gestational sac and cervical ectopic pregnancy

@tandfonline

Ultrasonographic evaluation of the fetal thymic-thoracic ratio in preeclampsia

Radiology Case Reports

A rare case of hepatic epitheliod hemangioendothelioma

26 February

@WINFOCUS

Monitoring of pulmonary involvement in critically ill COVID-19 patients – should lung ultrasound be preferred over CT?

25 February

Do you have issues with a “WetAxilla”? !

Check out #BlockItLikeItsHot episode 6 to see what on earth @amit_pawa & @jeffgadsden are talking about!
Links below:https://t.co/NCpW39Z7ndhttps://t.co/PVtOKpF8C1https://t.co/ulY4LOvCAX pic.twitter.com/6WomllnqIm

— Block It Like It’s Hot Podcast (@BlockIt_Hot_Pod) February 24, 2023

Dr. Krista Gomes (@USFIMres on #POCUS rotation) presents a brief review of POCUS for rotator cuff pathology: https://t.co/ZMNevXhdGb

Another example of how POCUS can augment the standard #physicalexam and improve #diagnosis#IMPOCUS #MedEd #FOAMed #ultrasound #familymedicine

— Nikesh Kapadia MD (@drnikeshkapadia) February 17, 2023

@JACEPOpen

Not all that twinkles is gold

@Life_MDPI

Contemporary Review of Multi-Modality Cardiac Imaging Evaluation of Infective Endocarditis

@Life_MDPI

Learning Curve of Transperineal MRI/US Fusion Prostate Biopsy: 4-Year Experience

@BioMedCentral

Left atrial reservoir strain measurements derived from intracardiac echocardiography in patients with atrial fibrillation: comparison with transthoracic echocardiography

@PLOSOne

Does papillary muscle free strain has predictive value in risk stratification of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

@tandfonline

Evaluation of Doppler indices (MCA & UA) and fetal outcomes: a retrospective case-control study in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

Fatal venous air embolism in the setting of hemodialysis and pulmonary hypertension: A point of care ultrasound diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Point of care transthoracic echocardiography for the prediction of post – spinal anesthesia hypotension in elderly patients with cardiac diseases and left ventricular dysfunction