We’ve already hit the end of January…

which really means the year has well and truly kicked into gear. Kids are back at school, traffic is back to it’s usual chaotic pace and routines are – well – ‘routining’.

That doesn’t mean things have to be boring though, and the crew has been working away on some projects at the ZeduHQ. From the laughs and noise I anticipate that what will be delivered will be a load of fun. Watch this space…

And so to the ultrasound news from the week – and things have picked up again with a lot of good stuff to choose from – take a look at:

• Scanuary tips, tricks and treasures brought to you by Kate Sokolowska-Redfern and Chris Yap
• ASRA’s POCUS webinar from the World Day of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine chaired by Hari Kalagara
• Gems from Amit Pawa from the world of POCUS in regional anaesthesia

There’s lot more to check out – what’s your favourite?

That’s us for the week.

Keep your probes clean and your gel warm

Mike and Suean

31 January

Irene Ma @IM_POCUS in Medical Clinics @Med_Clinics

Strengthening the Foundation to Build the Future of Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound

The Canadian Journal of Cardiology

“Beyond 2D Echocardiography: A Novel Multiparametric Assessment of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair”

Intensive Care Medicine

Expanding the role of PoCUS in tailoring diuretic strategies for congestion management in critical care

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Enhancing Liver Nodule Visibility and Diagnostic Classification Using Ultrasound Local Attenuation Coefficient Slope Imaging

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Application Value of Myocardial Segmental Thickness Variability Measured by Echocardiography in Distinguishing Ischemic and Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

30 January

Welcome to my last day of #SCANUARY – Day 30! Today all about bladder ultrasound. We will start with something that most the EDs have a bladder scanner for – assessment of bladder volume! pic.twitter.com/PdAUkRDbwI

— Kate Sokolowska-Redfern 💙 (@Katita1981) January 30, 2025

Breaking bad & difficult news in OB #ultrasound & sonographer burnout: Is training helpful?
Appers to be a rhetorical question! And not only for sonographers…
How do you deal with breaking bad news? What training has helped? Join the conversationhttps://t.co/8Dzsap13Rp#POCUS pic.twitter.com/seBfvXwNDK

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) January 30, 2025

#WDRAPM2025 @ESRA_Society
☄️Check out this 1st exclusive @ASRA_Society #POCUS 🫀🫁webinar recording 🎦 on 🌍 💉 Day ! ☄️
👉 https://t.co/kARSn92QOc @ASRAPM_Ex_Dir @mokaeleni @NarouzeMD @ASALifeline @ESRA_trainees @MayoAnesthesia @AoraIndia @shaskinsMD @rosie_hogg @Ropivacaine https://t.co/yB2CnLABbg pic.twitter.com/SECus7VPxY

— 🩺 Hari (హరి 🇮🇳) Kalagara (@KalagaraHari) January 30, 2025

Nature

Three-dimensional diffractive acoustic tomography

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Artificial Intelligence in Fetal Growth Restriction Management: A Narrative Review

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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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29 January

Day 29thof #SCANUARY – kidneys rule today 😀 We will talk about everyone’s favourite reason we scan kidneys in Emergency Department – HYDRONEPHROSIS – but do not worry it’s not the only thing we can find there – and I will show U some of them – so let’s get started. pic.twitter.com/JPw4Y3ogKr

— Kate Sokolowska-Redfern 💙 (@Katita1981) January 29, 2025

Check out the latest 🎥from Ultrasound Grand Rounds. @mtabbut interviews @KevinElHayekMD about how POCUS can impact surgical decision making for patients with cholecystitis and choledocolithiasishttps://t.co/SAv4S1SIbd#metroEUS #POCUS #ultrasound

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) January 28, 2025

In case you hadn’t spotted them yet, I have a series of 3 videos out:

Counting ribs: https://t.co/1Hz6U4l9Pz

Transverse PVB: https://t.co/hqG3n27Dh2

Paramedian Sagiital PVB: https://t.co/FsSLNmLFwM

All compliment our latest @BlockIt_Hot_Pod #BILIH #BlockItLikeItsHot episode! pic.twitter.com/d7w7cwNKdE

— Dr Amit Pawa💉🎙️ (@amit_pawa) January 28, 2025

28 January

Latest podcast with ⁦@First10EM⁩ is out now #foamed ⁦@kane_guthrie⁩ ⁦@sandnsurf⁩ ⁦@TheSGEM⁩ https://t.co/wJgVOkpuzg

— Casey Parker (@broomedocs) January 27, 2025

Point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnosis of hepatic gas gangrene

Journal of Ultrasound

DOI: 10.1007/s40477-025-00985-1

Shareable link: https://t.co/vJ5i1tbqba#POCUS pic.twitter.com/O3LqgvPvL5

— Issac Cheong (@Issac80) January 27, 2025

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

Prenatal ultrasound for the diagnosis of the cerebellar abnormalities: a meta-analysis

UC Irvine Department of Emergency Medicine (UCI)

Active Liver Bleed Caught During FAST Exam from Spontaneous Hemangioma Rupture: A Case Report

BMC Medical Education

Outcome-based simulation training for ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement: clinical impact on preventing mechanical complications

PlosOne

3D ophthalmic ultrasonography at the slit lamp using existing ultrasound systems

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27 January

Day 27th of #SCANUARY – we r almost there to say we have survived January but not quite yet! Today we will look at few other pathologies and mimics that you can find while scanning aorta. pic.twitter.com/9kMZdtcOGq

— Kate Sokolowska-Redfern 💙 (@Katita1981) January 27, 2025

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Characterization of LIPUS Parameters Suitable for Hip Bone Fracture

26 January

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

The fetal cerebral Doppler in the last weeks of pregnancy can select very small fetuses unlikely to present intrapartum compromise

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Regional Image Quality Scoring for 2-D Echocardiography Using Deep Learning

 

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25 January

Welcome to day 25 of #SCANUARY – thank you to my colleagues who have been flying #POCUS flag for last 24 days. Hello everyone, I am Emergency Medicine Consultant working in DGH near Glasgow and I have found #POCUS being absolutely amazing tool in my day to day working life. While… pic.twitter.com/E53EWJ6n8y

— Kate Sokolowska-Redfern 💙 (@Katita1981) January 25, 2025

Right atrial & ventricular thrombus causing peri-arrest in a patient with complex medical history undergoing LSCS

Great example of the value of #POCUS@GolanAsher @DrAzemK @FeinShai @SharonOzynger#Anaesthesia #Anesthesia #MedTwitter #FOAMEd #obstetricshttps://t.co/4PGCOrKcls pic.twitter.com/HxREgwHEMM

— 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 (@Anaes_Reports) January 25, 2025

Check out our latest view by @SLWerner_EM about ultrasound of the pancreas and spleen. Don’t miss this excellent discussion of interesting findings in the abdomen.https://t.co/pA66dUGUVf#MetroEUS #POCUS #Ultrasound

— MetroHealth Emergency Ultrasound (@MH_EMultrasound) January 24, 2025

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Ultrasound-Based Local Lung Motion Assessment Using Synthetic Lateral Phase

BMC Medical Education

Sustained effects of bladder point-of-care ultrasound simulation exercise on nursing students: A prospective cohort study

ISUOG

Intra- and interobserver agreement of proposed objective transvaginal ultrasound image-quality scoring system for use in artificial intelligence algorithm development

Richard Fisher

An Introduction To Spectral Doppler