Spring has sprung…

which anyone with a wattle allergy will gladly inform you. We are really starting to enjoy the longer days and warmer evenings here – and with the AFL finals in full swing the town is buzzing. Gotta love Melbourne!

News this week to pay attention to:

• An interestting piece in AJUM – Australian General Sonographers’ Perceptions on Their Continuing Professional Development Learning Needs: A Descriptive Study (1 September)
• EMA has presented work on the ever frustrating POCUS image archiving – Ultrasound Archiving in the Emergency Department: Implementation, Governance and 4-Year Outcomes at an Australian Tertiary Emergency Department (2 September) – well worth a read

Heading out the door…keep your probes clean and the gel warm.

Mike and Suean

 

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4 September

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Association Between DLCO and Echocardiographic Right Ventricular–Pulmonary Arterial Coupling in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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Make 2027 your year of ultrasound and check out our range of
scheduled and one-on-one options that will get you scanning like a pro.
If you know the value of protected learning time, secure your place early.

P.S. – don’t forget – if something doesn’t quite fit your learning objectives or availability we can design and deliver a program that meets your needs. Don’t tell everyone though – availability is limited.

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3 September

Webinar vs face-to-face for #ultrasound theory? Research shows equal scores! Are you using blended learning in your #POCUS/radiology courses? Comment on your approach below! 👇 www.facebook.com/groups/23205… #UltrasoundEducation #meded #ultrasoundtraining

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— Zedu Ultrasound Training (@zedunow.bsky.social) 3 September 2026 at 14:25

European Heart Journal

Geographic heterogeneity in outcomes of intravascular ultrasound-guided vs angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

2 September

EMA

Ultrasound Archiving in the Emergency Department: Implementation, Governance and 4-Year Outcomes at an Australian Tertiary Emergency Department

Life

Ultrasound-Guided Collagen Peptides Injections Combined with Focused Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy and Therapeutic Exercise in Chronic Partial Common Extensor Tendon Tears at Elbow Lateral Epicondyle: A Retrospective Case Series

Navdeep Sidhu, University of Auckland

Association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, residual gastric content, and bronchopulmonary aspiration after fasting: an ongoing systematic review and meta-analysis

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1 September

AJUM

Australian General Sonographers’ Perceptions on Their Continuing Professional Development Learning Needs: A Descriptive Study

Anaesthesia

Real-time vs. pre-procedural ultrasound guidance for lower thoracic epidural puncture: a randomised controlled trial

Anaesthesia

Calibrating artificial intelligence against human expertise using femoral nerve segmentation on ultrasound: a consensus framework

European Heart Journal

Echocardiographic drag effect index and its association with response to mavacamten in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

European Heart Journal

Reference framework for implementation of cardiovascular imaging in clinical trials: a scientific statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the ESC

European Heart Journal

Additive value of combined cardiopulmonary exercise testing and exercise echocardiography in unexplained dyspnoea

Radiology Case Reports

Ectopic thyroid tissue in the breast mimicking a breast lesion: A rare case report

Radiology Case Reports

Ultrasound diagnosis of cutaneous furuncular myiasis in a nonendemic area

31 August

Echocardiography

Duration-Dependent Cardiac Effects of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use in Strength-Trained Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

CASE

Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Complex Aortic Dissection: An Imaging Protocol for Hybrid Aortic Dissection Repairs

CASE

Left Coronary Artery Ostial Isolation in an Infant with a Dysplastic Aortic Valve

Life

The Role of Ultrasound Versus Radiography in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Bilateral Comparative Study

Aunt Minnie

POCUS improves timeliness in emergency pregnancy care

30 August

Pediatric Pulmonology

Pediatric Functional Lung Imaging: A Scoping Review

29 August

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Clinical and Ultrasonographic Characterization of Proposed Sjögren’s Disease Phenotypes in a Korean Longitudinal Cohort

Echocardiography

Mitral Annular Calcification and Its Severity in Relation to Left Atrial Reservoir Strain and a Non-Invasive Left Atrial Stiffness Index

Echocardiography

Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Vena Contracta Area for Grading Mitral Regurgitation: Severity Cut-offs From a Prospective Tunisian Cohort

WFUMB

Complexity-Pursuit Topography Tracks Spatial-Temporal Severity Structure in Lung Ultrasound Videos

CASE

Basal Septal Thickening as an Early Manifestation of Hereditary Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: A 13-Year Echocardiographic Follow-Up

Life

Recent Advances in Ultrasound-Guided Hydrodissection and Dextrose Prolotherapy for Musculoskeletal Pain: A Target-Based State-of-the-Art Narrative Review

PLOSOne

The effect of integrating pain neuroscience education with stabilization exercises using a flexi-bar on functional disability, pain, and geometry of abdominal and multifidus muscles in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain