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Zedu Weekly Wrap – 28 April 2023

What motivates you to learn ultrasound?

Suean and Michael - Zedu Ultrasound

Is it the techno-wizardry that appeals to your inner nerd? Is it a desire to help you and your patients manage a health situation together? Or has someone inspired you through their enthusiasm and desire to promote better/faster outcomes?

To some degree we think every one of these aspects combine to drive the desire to learn ultrasound. And that’s why learning ultrasound (or POCUS) brings so many people from such varied backgrounds together. When you’re learning the silos disappear – after all, an ultrasound learner is an ultrasound learner regardless of specialty, age or seniority. There’s a magic when people get here and an energy that we’d love to bottle for other things.

Another magic aspect is the amount of free, high quality resources that are delivered week in, week out. Highlights this week include a piece on ‘Unravelling the skillset of point-of-care ultrasound: a systematic review’ from Tessa Mulder (an issue dear to our hearts) in @WINFOCUS, a piece by Steven Chen providing an overview of the VExUS score (@EMSaintJohn) and another high quality podcast from @PratsEM on US guided trigger point injections. And don’t miss the latest edition of the POCUS Journal (@POCUSJournal). This and more below – plenty to keep you busy over the weekend.

PLUS – don’t forget to tune in to May’s Coaching Corner – one to get your baby ultrasound Jedi skills going (details below).

As for us – we’re tuning out now. See you next week…

Suean and Mike

P.S. – we’re getting ready for the May Coaching Corner coming to you live and free on Star Wars Day – channeling our inner Sith. Suean will be talking tips and tricks for imaging twins (Luke and Leia?) that will make your life simpler. In the meantime, the back catalogue is available on demand on the Coaching Corner Page of the website – upskill at your leisure.

Zedu Coaching Corner May 2023 - how to scan twins

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

Zedu TRain the UltraSound Trainer TRUST program

28 April

@PLOSOne

The role of PEEP for cannulation of the subclavian vein: A prospective observational study

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Echocardiography Journal

Long-term prognostic impact of subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients recovered from COVID-19

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@JCM_MDPI

Combination of Intracardiac Echocardiography and Contact Force Sensing for Left Ventricular Papillary Muscle Arrhythmias

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@CASEfromASE

Left Atrial Dissection During Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

27 April

@PedRadJournal

The effect of selective ultrasound screening on the incidence of late presentation of developmental hip dysplasia—a meta-analysis

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@PLOSONE

Point-of-care ultrasonography for risk stratification of non-critical suspected COVID-19 patients on admission (POCUSCO): A prospective binational study

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Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Efficiency and impact factors of anatomical intelligence for breast and hand-held ultrasound in lesion detection

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@medrxivpreprint

Use of Artificial Intelligence for Acquisition of Limited Echocardiograms: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Educational Outcomes

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Echocardiography

Predicting new onset atrial fibrillation post acute myocardial infarction: Echocardiographic assessment of left atrial size

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26 April

https://twitter.com/SonoCritic/status/1650916152443387904?s=20

25 April

https://twitter.com/SJTREM/status/1650783202745942016?s=20

@JCM_MDPI

Ultrasound Guided Arthroscopic Removal of Calcific Tendonitis: A Minimum of 2-Year Followup

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@escardio

Multimodality imaging in thoracic aortic diseases: a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the European Society of Cardiology working group on aorta and peripheral vascular diseases

Transthoracic echocardiography of the aorta: the essential views. (A) standard parasternal long-axis view showing the Ao root and proximal ascending Ao; (B) adapted long-axis view of the entire ascending Ao from an upper parasternal view; (C) short-axis view of the aortic root and the aortic valve; (D) suprasternal view of the arch; (E and F) thoracoabdominal views of the Ao from the subxifoid and adapted 2-chamber view, respectively. Ao, aorta; BCT, barchiocephalic trunk; Desc Ao, descending Ao; LA, left atrium; LCCA, left common carotid artery; LSA, left subclavian artery; LV, left ventricle; MV, mitral valve; PA, pulmonary artery; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle; TAAo, thoracoabdominal Ao.

24 April

@Life_MDPI

Echocardiographic Evaluation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Comprehensive Review

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@JCM_MDPI

Lung Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Lung Disease Severity in Children with Clinically Stable Cystic Fibrosis: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study

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@WFUMB

Early Prediction of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Using Quantitative Parameters on Automated Breast Ultrasound Combined with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Breast Cancer

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23 April

https://twitter.com/KanupsKumar/status/1649757355695800320?s=20

@JCM_MDPI

Qualitative Assessment of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Differentiating Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and Oncocytoma

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22 April

@PedRadJournal

Imaging recommendations and algorithms for pediatric tuberculosis: part 1—thoracic tuberculosis

@Crit_Care

Can carotid artery Doppler variations induced by the end-expiratory occlusion maneuver predict fluid responsiveness in septic shock patients?

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@JournalofGME ft @medpedspocus  @DRsonosRD @AlwaysSilverMD

The POCUS Imperative

Some Specialty-Specific Applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Cardiovascular Ultrasound @BioMedCentral

Global longitudinal strain assessment in contrast-enhanced echocardiography in breast cancer patients: a feasibility study

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@WFUMB

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Combined With 2D Strain Imaging and Histopathological Multimodal Assessment of Carotid Plaque Vulnerability

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@jmrsjournal

Unblinding de Quervain: A systematic review of ultrasound-guided injection of corticosteroids for treatment of stenosing tenosynovitis of the 1st extensor compartment

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