News be a bit late today…

with the website playing Friday funnies with me. All fixed now – after a little muttering. So – with no time to waste – be sure to check out in this issue 🚀✨

• How we use critical care ultrasound in the management of ventilatory settings in ARDS patients in Intensive Care Medicine (21 March)
• GLP-1 receptor agonists help manage diabetes and weight, but may delay gastric emptying, raising perioperative aspiration risks in the POCUS Journal (19 March)
• Cardiovascular Ultrasound has an article on Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of ventricular function in functional single ventricle: a comprehensive review (16 March).

Clocking off before the website kicks me off!

Mike and Suean

 

21 March

1/n We are excited to announce EchoPrime – the first echocardiography AI model capable of evaluating a full transthoracic echocardiogram study, identify the most relevant videos, and produce a comprehensive interpretation!

Great work lead by @milos_ai, EchoPrime is the largest… pic.twitter.com/dPTK9cXO5Y

— David Ouyang, MD (@David_Ouyang) October 15, 2024

@emdocsdotnet

ECG Pointers: Ok, Fine. Sometimes an Ultrasound is Better than an ECG

Intensive Care Medicine

How we use critical care ultrasound in the management of ventilatory settings in ARDS patients

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Make 2025 your year of ultrasound and check out our range of
scheduled and one-on-one options that will get you scanning like a pro.

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20 March

Just as the utility of #POCUS is universal, so too are the barriers & challenges to its use

Finnish ED physicians identify structured training programs, hands-on training & increased access to equipment as paramount

Maybe Zedu in Finland is called for…https://t.co/5QJdemR9WW pic.twitter.com/OyIYfeFaDz

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) March 20, 2025

MDPI Life

Echocardiographic Calcium Score of Aortic Valve Correlates with Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

19 March

GLP-1 receptor agonists help manage diabetes and weight, but may delay gastric emptying, raising perioperative aspiration risks. However, #POCUS non-invasively visualizes gastric contents to assess aspiration risk, preventing harm from anesthesia. 📖 Full article: pocusjournal.com/article/17700/

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— POCUS Journal (@pocusjournal.bsky.social) 19 March 2025 at 03:37

Echocardiography

To Each Imaging Modality, Their Own MAD

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Ultrasound-Measured Skin-to-Epiglottis Distance as a Predictor of Difficult Intubation in Obese Patients: A Prospective Observational Study

PlosONE

Effect of echocardiography on prognosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

WFUMB

Imaging Behind the Plaque: Improved Blood Flow Quantification Using an Iterative Scheme for Active Attenuation Correction

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18 March

Blocks in the ED, ER, A&E

Whatever you call it- we are talking about blocks in that place!

Join @jeffgadsden & I as we chat to @NagdevArun & @GoldyMD

Lots of shoutouts in this episode. More on that later. For now, head to your usual pod provider!! #BILIH @BlockIt_Hot_Pod pic.twitter.com/njbdYNjCMO

— Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ (@amit_pawa) March 18, 2025

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Feasibility of fetal cardiac biometry measurement at 11–14 weeks scan – a cross-sectional study

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Thoracic Ultrasound for Pre-Procedural Dynamic Assessment of Non-Expandable Lung: A Non-Invasive, Real-Time and Multifaceted Diagnostic Tool

Health Science Reports

Timely Diagnosis of PID: Leveraging Ultrasound for Effective Management

17 March

Get your week, or St. Patrick’s Day, off to a great start with our latest Podcast. #POCUS in GI bleeds and in #sepsis, End Tidal Oxygen, and more. Great work by Dr. John Bennison @MetroHealth_EM @HeyDrMatt @aaeminfo #FOAMed https://t.co/b9cMnSdqZP

— JEM_Journal (@jem_journal) March 17, 2025

AJEM

A scoping review on the integration of artificial intelligence in point-of-care ultrasound: Current clinical applications

Radiology Case Reports

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous screw fixation of sternal metastasis

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16 March

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of ventricular function in functional single ventricle: a comprehensive review

15 March

Check out the latest video from our Ultrasound Grand Rounds by @mtabbut about Ultrasound for Renal Stoneshttps://t.co/C4TFTYomOs#POCUS #Ultrasound #MetroEUS pic.twitter.com/qHJeAwvlSD

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) March 14, 2025

Emergency Medicine News

A “How-To” Guide on Ocular POCUS

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Comparison of Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion to Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure Ratio Measured by Transthoracic Echocardiography and Right Heart Catheterization in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Prognostic Implications

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Prospective Randomized Comparison of Opioid-Based Versus Non-Opioid-Based Anaesthetic Protocols for Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)

Resuscitation

Use of transoesophageal echocardiography in the pre-hospital setting to determine compression position in out of hospital cardiac arrest