News is out a bit late today…

with Suean having come down with a bad pneumonia. Waiting on some results in the hospital at the moment so keeping myself busy.

News of note this week:

• the team at MetroHealth @MH_EMultrasound look into normal 1st trimester ultrasound (15 March)
• the POCUS Journal (@POCUSJournal) highlights the plague of phantom scans in cardiac and trauma cases (14 March), and
• and a cool article on shape shifting ultrasound stickers (9 March).

Checking out now – waiting on a CT.

Mike (and a very ill Suean)

15 March

Check out the latest video by @mtabbut about the normal 1st trimester ultrasound in the ED.https://t.co/ZQTLfbhg0r#POCUS #Ultrasound #OBGYN #OBUltrasound #MetroEUS pic.twitter.com/kTyO6NhKnc

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) March 14, 2024

14 March

This week highlights a study by Ayesha Almemari & Rasha Buhmaid that finds using still images to assess #POCUS competency has no greater chance of the student being correct than a coin toss.

Does this finding match your experience? Let the crew know👍https://t.co/bCL7lH1HIZ pic.twitter.com/IGS6G8Brag

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) March 13, 2024

🤯 Over 70% of life-saving #POCUS in cardiac & trauma cases goes unsaved

🔗 https://t.co/K3ximzGi9l#FOAMed #MedEd #FOAMcc #EchoFirst pic.twitter.com/zQnHRO1gew

— POCUS Journal (@POCUSJournal) March 13, 2024

Insights into Imaging

Ultrasonic shear wave elastography predicts the quality of the residual tendon before the rotator cuff repair

13 March

From #SAEMPulse: “Functioning #ultrasound machines and qualified medical professionals must be available 24/7 to perform #POCUS within 15 minutes. This requirement may pose challenges for many level I, II, and III trauma centers.” @BrownUltrasoundhttps://t.co/i1aqsoIHbl pic.twitter.com/jH3BVfQNcS

— SAEM (@SAEMonline) March 12, 2024

@WFUMB

Automatic Detection and Tracking of Anatomical Landmarks in Transesophageal Echocardiography for Quantification of Left Ventricular Function

12 March

@AnnalsofEM

Sound Decisions: Rethinking the Role of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Analgesia in the Emergency Department

@PLOSOne

Shock indices are associated with in-hospital mortality among patients with septic shock and normal left ventricular ejection fraction

@JCM_MDPI

Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Assessment of Left-Ventricle Remodeling: Differences Implying Clinical Decision

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11 March

The diagnostic accuracy of cardiac ultrasound for acute myocardial ischemia in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

10 March

@WFUMB

Automating the Human Action of First-Trimester Biometry Measurement from Real-World Freehand Ultrasound

@CASEfromASE

Special Issue on Adult Congenital Heart Disease

9 March

@WINFOCUS

Lung ultrasound score predicts outcomes in patients with acute respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 treated with non-invasive respiratory support: a prospective cohort study

@ISUOG

Training for intrapartum sonography using optical ultrasound simulation

POSTECH

Would the Highly Sensitive Transparent Ultrasound Transducer Revolutionize Biomedical Imaging Technology?

Northwestern

Shape-shifting ultrasound stickers detect post-surgical complications