It’s Friday and the sun is out…

but the coffee machine is on the fritz. Have to take the good with the bad!

Not a lot to gossip about this week so willget straight into the news.

Highlights for this week include an echo tweetorial include from Manoj Wickramasinghe (@Manoj_Wickram), Matthew Tabbut (@mtabbut – @MH_EMultrasound) talks about bedside ultrasound in early pregnancy and what happens when you can’t see the IUP and a fun Harry Potter echo tweetorial from the real Sorting Hat Michael Prats (@PratsEM).

That’s it for now – catch you next week…

Suean and Mike

PS – November’s Coaching Corner on assessing pain and bleeding in thy 1st trimester IS AVAILABLE NOW :).

 

PS – Join the POCUS Educators / Seed Support Network on Facebook – a safe space to share education tips, resources and issues. People from around the world are joining in so come on down.

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!

6 – 7 May 2023 | 7 – 8 October 2023

18 November

The Four Focused #Echo Views as the #Hogwarts Houses, a thread #POCUS

(It just makes sense when you think about it) pic.twitter.com/ex298C4dtR

— Michael I. Prats (@PratsEM) November 17, 2022

17 November

Ep 2 of our new podcast! Continuing the talk on LV systolic function – LV s’, dP/dt and the measurement of cardiac output @emma_bowcock @chrisfduncan https://t.co/jbbJZDXnvN

— echo@nepean (@echonepean) November 16, 2022

https://twitter.com/sask_sonic/status/1592996880702922752?s=20&t=2DyQUfy8mvcFhnanvSB0Cg

Paracentesis ecoguiada en (mínima) ascitis #POCUS #procedure

Gracias @AlbertoAOviedo@NephroP @anaseguragrau @y_interna @SonoSamMD @curromir @zbriote @ABCDEcografia @ultra2ente @POCUSAcademy @AIUMultrasound @JMMR83 @zedunow @jtorresmacho @mendez_bailon @ACEP_EUS @Sociedad_SEMI pic.twitter.com/Rg4aAtnEaB

— Yale Tung-Chen (@yaletung) November 16, 2022

@WINFOCUS

Interpleural location of chest drain on ultrasound excludes pneumothorax and associates with a low degree of chest drain foreshortening on the antero-posterior chest X-ray

Ultrasound International Open

Doppler Ultrasound of Vascular Complications After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Incidence, Time of Detection, and Positive Predictive Value

Ultrasound International Open

Quantitative Evaluation of Brain Echogenicity in Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Term Neonates Compared with Controls

16 November

#WINFOCUS22 World #POCUS Congress
– In person in Antalya 🇹🇷 in excellent collaboration with @TrTatdus @EMAT_IEM
– #POCUS Workshops around the world
– Virtual Congress

Batch of FREE REGISTRATION released! Grab your seat for FREE ONLINE CONGRESS now https://t.co/yYBDTp7j7O pic.twitter.com/arh2YdEk1P

— WINFOCUS WORLD (@WINFOCUS) November 15, 2022

https://twitter.com/sask_sonic/status/1592590149338423296?s=20&t=pZ4eAV0yhv2C0FbstmYeHw

15 November

Concerning new @UniversitySA report from @AmberBidner and colleagues shows that a lack of ultrasound equipment in rural areas is contributing to higher death rates and fetal abnormalities in remote regions of Australia https://t.co/x2PRhFauW2 #pregnancy pic.twitter.com/kMHKPRmHZt

— UniSA (this account is no longer active) (@UniversitySA) November 15, 2022

Ecografía Pan-Venosa:

1. Proximal https://t.co/yK1dXWM1ou
2. Distal https://t.co/jKHZnfbaXE
3. Gemelar https://t.co/VSxHrT4dar
4. MMSS https://t.co/g09zzjuspt
5. Safena Mayor https://t.co/xKaHtHYKGp
6. Safena menor https://t.co/5lLkwdd9rF#pocus #dvt #thrombosis #ultrasound pic.twitter.com/MX9TAu9mME

— Yale Tung-Chen (@yaletung) November 14, 2022

@DOVEPress ft @jithinksree

Routine Application of Lung Ultrasonography in Respiratory Care: Knowledge, Perceptions, and Barriers to Instigate

@AIUMUltrasound

From a Mental Image to Imaging Function in 3D

@CASEfromASE

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Buckling: An Avoidable Deployment Complication Identified and Corrected Using Intraprocedural Transesophageal Echocardiography

@CASEfromASE

Pulmonary Fibroelastoma: A Rare Cardiac Mass Presenting With Dyspnea

@JCM_MDPI

Ultrasound-Guided Access Reduces Vascular Complications in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Cardiac Arrhythmias

14 November

The Nov #coachingcorner recording's live

👉How to: Evaluate pain & bleeding in the 1st trimester

Discover a 4 step process to focus your assessment
IUP, ectopic, miscarriage, indeterminate, PUL https://t.co/J1nTUDSnK2#POCUS #ultrasound #MedTwitter #SEED #USSEED #obstetrics pic.twitter.com/5lZysvtDsX

— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow) November 14, 2022

The next series I'm posting on @YouTube is #POCUS of the heart and lungs
Broken into relatively digestible pieces
I hope you like it #FOAMed #FOAMus #echofirst https://t.co/5xCXkIgQUC

— Joseph Minardi (@jminardi21) November 14, 2022

#POCUS puzzle time again:

What's the large circular anechoic structure seen here?

Probe is placed on the patient's abdomen in the epigastric region.

Patient was in the ICU in profound shock NYD. pic.twitter.com/BSKSEA4Mf7

— Katie Wiskar (@katiewiskar) November 13, 2022

@JACEPOpen

Point-of-care ultrasound in the detection of central retinal artery occlusion in a patient with recent COVID-19

@JACEPOpen

A 70 year old with back pain

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Impact of arterial stiffness on echocardiographic myocardial work indices in patients with isolated bicuspid aortic valve

@emdocsdotnet

POCUS for aortic dissection in the clinical presentation of ischemic stroke

13 November

Echo is one of the more skilled ultrasound exams you can do. Having learnt it and now teaching it, I see the same mistakes being made over and over again. I have put together thread on beginner mistakes in echo. #tweetorial #POCUS #FUSIC #askpocus

— Manoj Wickramasinghe @manoj-w.bsky.social (@Manoj_Wickram) November 13, 2022

One of the feared complications in thoracentesis is hemothorax due to laceration of an intercostal artery.

Let's talk about how to avoid it 🧵

— PRIME Procedural Research and Innovation (@ProcedurePRIME) November 12, 2022

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (#POCUS): An Emerging Tool for Diagnosing #Calciphylaxis. Full text of this article from @wakeforestmed and @AtriumHealthWFB is available at https://t.co/FEe0sXxsCt. @ACPinternists @AHAScience #AHAjournals

— Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases (@AnnalsofIMCC) November 12, 2022

Keep Dec 14th pinned in your calendar for this @EmergencyDocs–@CAEP_Docs virtual grand rounds on advanced US-guided nerve blocks! #POCUS
This is a combined initiative of @ACEP_EUS+@CAEP_EUC featuring @lohhello @TRRBB @TomJelic @NagdevArun Dan Mantuanihttps://t.co/3ufo2jjyfI

— Dan Kim (@dan___kim) November 12, 2022

12 November

Learn about a novel gastric #POCUS technique from @DrNavSidhu!

The 'water challenge' involves scanning for 'hyperechoic floaters' w the patient in the right lateral decubitus position following ingestion of 40-50ml of water.#FreeforaWeekhttps://t.co/60KcVnnKnn pic.twitter.com/Vwy6OjyiU8

— 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 (@Anaes_Reports) November 11, 2022

#POCUS with @swildmanphysio https://t.co/JRuKJTmQA2

In this episode @swildmanphysio describes his initial encounter with #POCUS and reflects on the opportunity that it has brought enhancing patient care as well as the patient pathway. @PhysioMACP @thecsp @pipwhitept

— Matthew Low (@MattLowPT) November 12, 2022

Latest video from our Ultrasound Grand Rounds. @mtabbut talks about Bedside US in early pregnancy. What happens when you can't see the IUP on your first scan?https://t.co/ISs67Z4UnV#metroEUS #POCUS #Ultrasound #OBGYN #FOAMus pic.twitter.com/UMcKiXrrMc

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) November 11, 2022

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

High-frequency ultrasound is a reliable diagnostic tool in dermatology

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Transvaginal ultrasound versus magnetic resonance imaging in local staging of endometrial cancer

@WFUMB

B-Mode Ultrasonography Is a Reliable and Valid Alternative to Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Measuring Patellar Tendon Cross-Sectional Area

@WFUMB

Tissue Characterization of Puborectalis Muscle From 3-D Ultrasound

@of_aic

Right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain is independently associated with mortality in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19

@JCM_MDPI

Laparoscopic Adenomyomectomy under Real-Time Intraoperative Ultrasound Elastography Guidance: A Case Series and Feasibility Study

@PLOSOne

Hamstring muscle architecture assessed sonographically using wide field of view: A reliability study

@CASEfromASE

Coronary Flow Assessment in an Adult with Anomalous Left Coronary Arising from the Pulmonary Artery

@CASEfromASE

Quadricuspid Aortic Valve With Guarded Left Coronary Artery Ostium in an Infant With Myocardial Infarction