Zedu Weekly Wrap – 14 January 2022
We’re back, busting to go…
after a couple of weeks vacation. We hope you were all able to get some time off too. Here at Zedu HQ we’re hoping above hope that the Covid situation improves – for the sake of everyone. We’re still operating with appropriate safety measures in place, so be assured if you’re booked in for any form of training it is still going ahead. Of course, should circumstances change we’ll be in touch – our Covid policy remains in place.
This week’s weekly wrap is a bumper edition catching up with all the latest free ultrasound news since Christmas – while we were ‘off’ the learning never stops!
See you next week.
Mike and Suean
P.S. – We took a break from the Coaching Corner for January – but never fret we’ll e back in February. In the meantime review all the gems from 2021 and the back catalogue here.
14 January
Artificial Intelligence and Democratization of the Use of Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19: On the Feasibility of Automatic Calculation of Lung Ultrasound Score #COVID19 #POCUS #lunghttps://t.co/VqV4s8ZfTP #mdpiijtm @MDPIOpenAccess@usbiomat @unicomplutense @CSIC @MedInternaHUPDH
— Yale Tung-Chen (@yaletung) January 13, 2022
You can now access it online on the @NicuPocus Website! It is truly great and quite practical. An #ultrasound #POCUS application that is accessible to most, if you have a #probe in your #nicu. https://t.co/7b4YSWCZLA
— NeoCardioLab – Gabriel Altit (@CardioNeo) January 13, 2022
@PedCareonline
13 January
Advanced practice providers proficiency-based model of #ultrasound training and practice in the ED#POCUS@JACEPOpen https://t.co/pzkMo5FYaj
— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) January 13, 2022
Awesome exercise & lot's of #POCUStalk
✨Fave pearl: EF might not be terrible in cardiogenic shock!
SHOCK trial https://t.co/gdm9YHifoO is probably our best evidence of this but also found an interesting abstract in support https://t.co/vumBKzTEmS #POCUS https://t.co/gU9nIOabKD
— Michael I. Prats (@PratsEM) January 12, 2022
Tele-#ultrasound in the era of COVID-19: A practical guide
Christopher Uschnig
Florian Recker
Michael Blaivas
Yi Dong
Christoph F. Dietrich@WFUMB https://t.co/7QhNPNfZmw#POCUS #POCUSforCOVID pic.twitter.com/XjERLwg8O3— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) January 13, 2022
Venous Transcranial Doppler is potentially valuable but under-explored. In this study @JNeurosurgAnes, @chiara_robba & team assess differences & correlation in TCD-derived arterial & venous CBFV in volunteers & TBI patients. #NeuroTwitter #ultrasoundhttps://t.co/7LE1EUeSa5 pic.twitter.com/a1EOxaT71q
— Deepak Sharma (@deepak_neuro) January 12, 2022
Interested in the full case discussion from yesterday's Tweetorial? Check out the latest video from our Ultrasound Lecture Series by @mtabbut. https://t.co/zMmipXejDh#MetroEUS#FOAMed #FOAMus #POCUS #Ultrasound #EmergencyMedicine #OBGYN pic.twitter.com/iUy0HgRDvG
— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) January 12, 2022
@CASEfromASE
Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum Complicated by Cardioembolic Stroke
Radiology Case Reports
12 January
Spent the last few days working on my EchoTools for iOS reference app's first update for 2022 in addition to creating an app website. https://t.co/P8EkFzisAG #pocus #tee #tte #ultrasound #foamed pic.twitter.com/h7XMyilUSl
— Rishi Kumar, MD | RK.MD (@rishikumarmd) January 11, 2022
Lung #POCUS based approach combining #LUS patterns of probability + clinical characteristics for early rule in/out #COVID19 pneumonia at bedside with high accuracy!
If you have missed this study, ⬇️ below 🧵 by author
Results #FOAMcc #FOAMus on @yourICM
🖇️ https://t.co/iwaXEBQKnT https://t.co/doSLTiplJS pic.twitter.com/iN9Szob6OQ— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) January 11, 2022
https://t.co/XWlY0awMNl
Thanks to everyone’s hard work in each trust across the UK who helped collecting data mid pandemic for the CORONA study. And thanks to all authors who helped with the paper. @icmteaching @ICUltrasonica @NHSmallwood— Prashant Parulekar (@parulekar8550) January 11, 2022
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
@AIUMultrasound The Scan
COVID Life in the Prenatal Ultrasound Suite
11 January
Ahead of print, our MS finally out based on work with @samoagovt MoH demonstrating utility of nonexpert #POCUS @ButterflyNetInc for gallstone screening…https://t.co/lQZK4jkEkh pic.twitter.com/meWEZXH6FF
— Seth Ari Sim-Son Hoffman (@SethAHoffmanMD) January 11, 2022
Early pregnant patient with cramping and bleeding. #Ultrasound performed. What do you think? #FOAMed #FOAMus #POCUS #EmergencyMedicine #OBGYN pic.twitter.com/XZx7mYeIXT
— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) January 11, 2022
Hope we didn't need this anymore, but to speed up patients’ management during pandemics, LUS can be very useful
These are the results of our multicenter study on 1462 pts 🧵1/6@giovolpicelli @EduPOCUS @Dr_Cit @yourICM @LuigiVetrugnoMD @ramonnoguebou @francescorradi @TomasVillen pic.twitter.com/5SlzGby6v1— Luna Gargani (@LunaGargani) January 11, 2022
Interested in learning how you can use lung #POCUS to evaluate your patient with undifferentiated dyspnea?
Check out my discussion with @EMSwami below 👇https://t.co/l5gm33egzx
— Shawn Sethi (@shawn_sethi) January 12, 2022
@PedRadJournal
Current applications for measuring pediatric intima-media thickness
@CasefromASE
10 January
@DovePress
Echocardiography
Percutaneous closure of congenital aortic–to–right atrial fistula
@WINFOCUS
Inter-rater reliability of optic nerve sheath diameter measurement using real-time ultrasonography
The impact of lung ultrasound on clinical-decision making across departments: a systematic review
9 January
Despite its cheeky title ("Not so FAST"), this study on #ultrasound for traumatic PTX is of such poor methodologic quality that its conclusions are not valid.
1st it purports to report diagnostic accuracy. It's not designed as a study of diagnostic accuracy.
— Dan Kim (@dan___kim) January 10, 2022
Sensitivity of CXR was 78% compared to 65% with US in CT-confirmed cases of traumatic pneumothorax. Use of chest US as the primary imaging modality in the initial evaluation of thoracic trauma should be used with caution. @JE_Santorelli https://t.co/GRIZhlgIIi #UCSDhealth #MedEd pic.twitter.com/yVjTWJW7dj
— Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (@JTraumAcuteSurg) January 8, 2022
@WFUMB
Tele-ultrasound in the era of COVID-19: A practical guide
Radiology Case Reports
A case of a small-sized cavernous hemangioma in the right ventricle – an incidental finding
8 January
Case: 73 y/o, shoulder pain & mass near shoulder blade. #POCUS revealed the mass deep to lat dorsi & above inferior scapula, leading to elastofibroma dorsi diagnosis. See POCUS applications for screening concerning masses & expediting diagnosis: https://t.co/FWm1bClYsi #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/Qded6pAZLl
— POCUS Journal (@POCUSJournal) January 7, 2022
New Year 💥
NEW you🙆
NEW #JASEPODCAST collaboration with @CSEchoCa live virtual journal club.Listen to @mikepicardmd Dr Porter @MerriBremer moderate article on #CEUS in #CHF https://t.co/E5lhATBOLy@ASE360 @iamritu @ray_stainback @DocStrom @HeartDocSharon @DavidWienerMD
— Amer Johri (@amerjohri) January 7, 2022
Radiology Case Reports
High parasternal intercostal muscle thickening prior to intubation in COVID-19 infection
7 January
@BMJ_Open
Radiology Case Reports
6 January
https://twitter.com/siddharth_dugar/status/1478744965601714179?s=20
Conditions in which an echocardiogram is unlikely to affect patient management pic.twitter.com/JDuEW7n9H9
— The Echo Lady (@The_echo_lady) January 5, 2022
Great narrative #review about lung Ultrasound in #pediatrics
🔹Indications,Limitations &Use of #POCUS in #children
🔹Scanning Protocol & Examination Position
🔹Imaging Findings
🔹Main fields of applications
Congrats @surf4children et al!https://t.co/o2rVoEHwlx#PedsICU #MedEd pic.twitter.com/PHBYNiKnOl— Vanessa S. Lanziotti (@VSLanziotti) January 6, 2022
Echocardiography
5 January
Empowering the willing: the feasibility of tele-mentored self-performed pleural #ultrasound assessment for the surveillance of lung health@IM_POCUS @lmelniker105 @WINFOCUS https://t.co/DdjgBxKcgG#POCUS #LUNGUS #impocus #foamus #medtwitter #FOAMed pic.twitter.com/bkNkM4hfIH
— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) January 5, 2022
Supraclavicular brachial plexus block by PGY1 for distal radius fracture. Worked perfectly. Unfortunately, have heard of a couple block failures. Would love to learn from each other. ED block blog….https://t.co/6E62UQcEEv @HGHED pic.twitter.com/EfKiPpyBlL
— Arun Nagdev (@NagdevArun) January 4, 2022
@ASE360
Safety of TEE in Patients with Cirrhosis and Esophageal Varices
4 January
3D bicuspid AV:
A: has two commissures (red *) with raphe (blue *)
B: has no raphe
C: shows a multibeat 3D color Doppler volume data set that can be used to quantify the regurgitant VC area
D. Coronary sinuses- Left, noncoronary, right https://t.co/5c3dKHS6vv @JournalASEcho pic.twitter.com/otBRcEKfp8— Lucy (@LucySafi) January 4, 2022
Had to officially comment on this so-called #POCUS study (PMID: 34932107).
I'm glad they didn't turn it down though removed certain phrases.
I repeat, "POCUS is a component of physical examination. Do NOT expect putting #ultrasound probe on the body magically improves outcomes" pic.twitter.com/5tkytYa7GE— NephroPOCUS (@NephroP) January 3, 2022
Hi #IMPOCUS peeps! Mini case to start 2022 and the beginning of a "would you tap that" series.
70 yo M w hx of metastatic cancer who presents with hypoxia, SOB, CXR w bilateral effusions.
Left posterior base: 1/ pic.twitter.com/q1hb5t5C69
— IM POCUS Focus (@IMPOCUSFocus) January 3, 2022
@EMNews
The Speed of Sound: Scan for the Barcode in Acute Dyspnea
@DovePress
@CasefromASE
Novel Application of Milrinone in the Evaluation of Classical Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis
3 January
Some great New Years #pocus #foamus from @FTeranMD
The current state of play of resuscitative TEE/TOEhttps://t.co/m70xgQ5nzU
(Follow @ResusTEEproject if you don’t already) #FOAMed
— Segun Olusanya (He/Him) iceman_ex@critcare.social (@iceman_ex) January 3, 2022
BMC Medical Education
The unmet demand for point-of-care ultrasound among general pediatricians: a cross-sectional survey
@WINFOCUS
Point-of-care ultrasound in critically ill COVID-19 patients: questions derived from practice
2 January
Number of attempts required by emergency physicians to achieve competency in diaphragmatic #ultrasound imaging#POCUS via Journal of Clinical Ultrasound https://t.co/uXMr4vfLOt pic.twitter.com/79Ws3e5o6F
— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) January 1, 2022
Good correlation/agreement between lung #POCUS & CT for evaluating pulmonary involvement in #COVID19 pneumonia. Lung #ultrasound might quantify involvement, detect changes in, & prognosticate@ICMexperimental #FOAMcc #FOAMus #echofirst 📖 https://t.co/DuAwa7Mx8K https://t.co/OFjAwgMpwX pic.twitter.com/sCTLrJNFh2
— M Velia Antonini (@FOAMecmo) January 1, 2022
@AAGLJMIG
Radiology Case Reports
1 January
Tired of making CT scans to monitor #ARDS trajectory in #COVID-19? 🤔
🔊Try #ultrasound! It may become you #NewYear's friend!
👉Read more here:https://t.co/RoQoO9YEoB#ICMx #IntensiveCare #FOAMed #FOAMrad @ESICM @avkwong @FOAMecmo @LauretaPereta @EuroRespSoc @ELSOeducation pic.twitter.com/yDKeQKd7zA
— Intensive Care Medicine Experimental (ICMx) (@ICMexperimental) January 1, 2022
31 December
Right ventricle #RV longitudinal shortening fraction seems to be a valuable parameter to detect early RV systolic dysfunction in #COVID-19 related ARDS patients with acute cor pulmonale.https://t.co/zh1GmfftKL pic.twitter.com/Qc5fN2Cm1s
— Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (@JCVAonline) December 30, 2021
@CasefromASE
Multimodality Imaging of Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect: A Challenging Diagnosis in Adults
30 December
@CasefromASE
Late Presentation of Massive Aortic Aneurysm with Aortic Regurgitation
@DovePress
29 December
4th in the series of the Remote eFAST exam with @VTEMSONO – Subxiphoid Cardiac https://t.co/W0JqhZaoqH via @YouTube
Don't forget to hit a like and subscribe to the channel to keep up to date!#FOAMed #FOAMus #butterflyiq #medtwitter #ultrasound #eFAST #trauma #POCUS
— Nicolas Lim (@POCUSClub) December 28, 2021
28 December
Why the IVC fails when estimating right atrial pressures and how it can be improved. New on the blog:https://t.co/MtIJ5SKzAj#pocus #FOAMed #MedEd #CardioTwitter #Cardiology pic.twitter.com/eGcfLwGWtp
— POCUS Med Ed (@pocusmeded) December 27, 2021
@AfJEM
Ultrasound virtual skills based workshop: An African experience in the COVID era
@AIUMUltrasound
Impact of Ultrasound on Medical Imaging: 1967–2021
27 December
1/18 annotated @bsecho Minimum DataSet images for Level 1 BSE Echo @firstecho starters. Images from https://t.co/MbzantvbS7. Zoom for detailed annotations. @POCUS @IMPOCUSFocus @GeneralistUS @pocusfoamed #MedEd 1. PLAX Deep 2D pic.twitter.com/PPBuL1gDew
— POCUSmedicine (@POCUSpeek) December 26, 2021
@WFUMB
26 December
@EJ_EmergencyMed
25 December
@BMJ_Open
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
The hidden breast lesions: A case report of bilateral breast cancer
Echocardiography
@WFUMB
Radiology Case Reports
Case reports of shear-wave elastography (SWE) features of lymphoma involving the breast
Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Arthritis Research & Therapy
@EmergencyMedBMJ