We’re back on deck…

with the winter break behind us and school back in session 🙂 Nobody guessed where we had been – I think that marks our hideaway a success?

A couple of highlights from the news, views and information of this week:

•   What do you do when faced with an acutely painful red eye? You pull out the ultrasound of course – see why with @MH_EMultrasound (8 July)
•  You’re an emergency physician facing difficult IV access in a paediatric patient – now what? This survey led by @PEM_Ultrasound reveals where POCUS fits in current Australian real world practice ( 14 July)

That’s all for this week – see you in the next!

Suean and Mike

P.P.S. 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!

7 – 8 October 2023

14 July

@JAMANetworkOpen

Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasonography-Based Risk Models in Differentiating Between Benign and Malignant Ovarian Tumors in a US Cohort

The Ultrasound Journal from the Australasian Society for Ultrasound ft @PEM_Ultrasound

A survey of paediatric difficult peripheral intravenous access in the emergency department and use of point-of-care ultrasound

13 July

Having recently had a Dx of MND in the family, this week we focus on neuromuscular US for polyneuropathies & MND
An emerging application #ultrasound could assist in improved times to diagnosis & treatment
Get the article herehttps://t.co/X6l7CncSCe#POCUS #ultrasoundtraining pic.twitter.com/Oau0lYQv5v

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) July 13, 2023

https://twitter.com/MelissaMyersMD/status/1679220610449195008?s=20

The advantages and disadvantages of point-of-care ultrasound have been discussed by Jeffrey G Yates of Eastern Virginia Medical School in the latest issue of AirMed&Rescue#POCUS #patientcare #healthcare #airmedical #flightcrew #helitransport https://t.co/YAPTn5JbAX

— AirMed & Rescue (@airmedandrescue) July 12, 2023

🚨AORTIC DISSECTION ALGORITHM🚨

🫀Consider in severe chest or back pain w/additional clinical findings👇🏽
🖥️#POCUS for Tamponade if unstable
💉Control HR 1st using Beta-Blockers
🎯SBP Control < 120#FOAMed

(Based on @Maimonides_EM's @emupdates @EssentialsofEM lecture at #EEM23) pic.twitter.com/2BZ3ee8OZe

— Mark Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MRamzyDO) July 12, 2023

The normal value and influencing factors of shear wave elastography in healthy tibial nerves: A cross-sectional study

12 July

@WFUMB

An Optimal Prognostic Model Based on Multiparameter Ultrasound for Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

@PLOSOne

The impact of angles of insonation on left and right ventricular global longitudinal strain estimation in fetal speckle tracking echocardiography

@PLOSOne

YouTube as a source of information on ectopic pregnancy: A qualitative and quantitative analysis

@BMC_series BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

A case presentation of acquired membranous ventricular septum aneurysm as a rare delayed complication of ventricular septal defect repair surgery: 10-year follow-up

11 July

If you are starting echo/ultrasound – knowing the terminology for probe movements is so useful for both you and the person teaching you! #POCUS #FUSIC pic.twitter.com/qY1X8OUZRm

— Manoj Wickramasinghe @manoj-w.bsky.social (@Manoj_Wickram) July 11, 2023

@AIUMUltrasound

Is the Radiologist In-house Today? Optimizing Ultrasound in the Age of Teleradiology

@PLOSOne

Endocardial versus whole-myocardial tracking global longitudinal strain analysis in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A preliminary comparative study

@Crit_Care

Association between intrarenal venous flow from Doppler ultrasonography and acute kidney injury in patients with sepsis in critical care: a prospective, exploratory observational study

American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

EURO-MUSCULUS/USPRM Dynamic Ultrasound Protocols for Knee

10 July

@ASE360

State-of-the-Art: Non-Invasive Assessment of Left Ventricular Function through Myocardial Work

Echocardiographic Parameters for Risk Prediction in Borderline Right Ventricle: Review with Special Emphasis on Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum and Critical Pulmonary Stenosis

9 July

Many people call #ultrasound the #stethoscope of the 21st century, but maybe it’s bigger than that. With advances in #artificialintelligence and other #technology, @EMNSpeedofSound says #POCUS could revolutionize medicine—again. #AI #FOAMed #FOAMus https://t.co/ZrJTW1yCtg pic.twitter.com/u6NctTwYxZ

— Emergency Medicine News (@EMNews) July 9, 2023

The access route through the anatomical snuffbox in ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy of the wrist allows for a safe and effective collection of tissue samples in inflammatory arthritis

8 July

Check out the latest video from our Ultrasound Grand Rounds by @mtabbut about using #POCUS to evaluate patients with an acutely painful right eye.https://t.co/AP8OMhzIOX#MetroEUS #Ultrasound #EmergencyMedicine #Ophthalmology pic.twitter.com/KMKAzvcIOq

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) July 7, 2023

You have seconds to minutes in patients who are acutely short of breath
Make the most of them with #POCUS #echofirst #pulmPOCUS #FOAMed #FOAMushttps://t.co/u4Sq0DCfXj

— Joseph Minardi (@jminardi21) July 7, 2023

@JCM_MDPI

The Role of EUS in Advanced Endoscopic Procedures and Therapeutics—Advancing the Field to Greater Heights

@ACEPNow

Using Ultrasound to Make Surgical Decisions in Suspected Biliary Colic

@PLOSOne

Prognostic value of the right ventricular ejection fraction using three-dimensional echocardiography: Systematic review and meta-analysis

@CASEfromASE

Multimodality Imaging of an Idiopathic Left Ventricular Aneurysm Presenting With Frequent Premature Ventricular Beats

Pediatric Pulmonology

The future of neonatal lung ultrasound: Validation of an artificial intelligence model for interpreting lung scans. A multicentre prospective diagnostic study

@JACEPOpen

Isolated left ventricular cardiac tamponade diagnosed on point-of-care ultrasound in the emergency department: A case report and brief literature review