The biggest event on the calendar has arrived…

as we prepare to see our athletes battle it out in Paris. Hopefully each one of them avoids the need to visit a medical specialist, but needless to say if they are in need of imaging POCUS will be a key feature.

We’ll keep an eye out for those of you involved in the games that have been to one of our courses – make us proud 🙂

If ultrasound was a sport, the gold medals this week would go to:

• Contrast-enhanced point of care ultrasound for the evaluation of stable blunt abdominal trauma by the emergency physician: A prospective diagnostic study (@JACEPOpen) (20 July)
• POCUS to guide Abdominal Paracentesis in the emergency department (@POCUSJournal) (20 July)

There are plenty of other winners deserving of your attention, so be sure to browse through them when you’re not watching the opening ceremony.

AND – don’t forget – our ultrasound programs have been calendarised for 2025 – so join the winning team and take your ultrasound performance to the next level!

See you on the podium

Mike and Suean

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26 July

The Summer Olympic Games formally opens on July 26 in Paris, and the radiologists and radiographers staffing the Olympic imaging polyclinic are ready! 👇 https://t.co/pYbfgr1CFF#radiology #radtech #radiographer pic.twitter.com/L8iB2DobpE

— AuntMinnie.com (@AuntMinnie) July 25, 2024

Ultrasound and Intrapleural Enzymatic Therapy for Complicated Pleural Effusion: A Case Series with a Literature Review

@AJOG_thegray

Introduction of a nationwide first-trimester anomaly scan in the Dutch national screening program

25 July

Concept framework for including #PoCUS in the nephrology rapid response team. Preventing AKI, Avoiding CKD, Promoting kidney recovery https://t.co/jWQAlRfPoz @SENefrologia @ERAkidney @hgermanstrias @nfrgermanstrias @bover_j @DraMarili @kianoushbk pic.twitter.com/RgXoHo357J

— Gregorio Romero-González (@Tubulocentric) July 24, 2024

24 July

Echocardiography Journal

Impact of gender in patients with device-related thrombosis after left atrial appendage closure – A sub-analysis from the multicenter EUROC-DRT-registry

23 July

Echocardiography Journal

Echocardiographic evaluation of left atrial volume and comparative analysis to left atrial to aortic root ratio in premature neonates and infants with patent ductus arteriosus

@AIUMUltrasound

The Sonographer Scope of Practice: what you need to know

 

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22 July

Just published! 🚨📄 “Optimal Bowel Diameter Thresholds for Diagnosing SBO with #POCUS“

🔹 Optimal bowel diameter: 2.75 cm
🔹 Age & sex influence the size threshold
🔹 Maximum diameter <1.7 cm: No SBO (100%)https://t.co/qTCJnRrLmF

— Hamid Shokoohi (@HamidShokoohiMD) July 22, 2024

Do consider submitting your manuscripts…. #pocus #echofirst https://t.co/UhZ1C4wqAg

— Adrian Wong (@avkwong) July 22, 2024

Radiology Case Reports

Metastatic lymph nodes of occult breast cancer show very low internal echoes

21 July

@PLOSOne

Feasibility and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic measurement of portal venous pressure

20 July

New in JACEP Open: Contrast-enhanced point of care ultrasound for the evaluation of stable blunt abdominal trauma by the emergency physician: A prospective diagnostic study.#FOAM, #POCUS, #AbdominalTraumahttps://t.co/NTKmhVglf6 pic.twitter.com/rONzpSZzN5

— JACEP Open (@JACEPOpen) July 19, 2024

The role of different ultrasound modes in hepatic portal venous gas diagnosis, including a novel method using color M-mode

Journal of Ultrasound

DOI: 10.1007/s40477-024-00939-z

Shareable link: https://t.co/wyrD8nNEVf#POCUS pic.twitter.com/RYzPFAWK1H

— Issac Cheong (@Issac80) July 20, 2024

Learn about the use of POCUS to guide Abdominal Paracentesis in the emergency department.
For more information visit: https://t.co/Bu1gCwFnaP#POCUS #EmergencyMedicine #POCUSJournal #Research pic.twitter.com/Z9RmT8UPs9

— POCUS Journal (@POCUSJournal) July 19, 2024

New #POCUS Content on Currents: Authors Brandon Lau, Veronica Woods and Laura Scholtz review a case of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in aneurysmal #SAH. Read the full article: https://t.co/X3cgjbAZdF #neurocriticalcare pic.twitter.com/RGcecYgWsf

— Neurocritical Care Society (@neurocritical) July 19, 2024

Echocardiography Journal

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA): Echocardiographic diagnosis in a critically ill newborn