It seems the world is waking up…

as we’ve been run off our feet answering phones, responding to emails and talking non-stop. A far cry from this time two years ago – in fact even two months ago. If you’re looking to book in for some training we’d recommend getting in touch soon.

A wide variety of ultrasound related news items this week – if feet are your thing the article on the hallucal interphalangeal ossicle: anatomy and basis for ultrasound-guided surgical shaving is fascinating. Feet are definitely not my thing.

And a shout out to Suean who celebrated a significant birthday this week. Happy Birthday Suean.

As always, if there’s something on the horizon that you’d like added to our weeklywrap – or seomthing we’ve missed – let us know.

See you next week.

Mike and Suean

P.S. – March’s Coaching Corner is available for free. Join Suean and in the Q&A guest stars Brian Doyle and Chris Yap as they chat about how to fast track your pathway to ultrasound competency. And don’t forget to have a look at the back catalogue – there’s something for everyone.

25 March

@PLOSOne

Logistic regression analysis of ultrasound findings in predicting the malignant and benign phyllodes tumor of breast

@PLOSOne

TimTrack: A drift-free algorithm for estimating geometric muscle features from ultrasound images

Radiology Case Reports

Primary mediastinal lymph node tuberculosis diagnosed using endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Literature review and case report

24 March

If you use #POCUS in the critically ill, this is a valuable read. "Volume responsiveness" can be misunderstood or incorrectly applied. Best approach is to understand what everything means physiologically and put it together with all the other data https://t.co/bE2pY0U7au pic.twitter.com/o9FHXd55S9

— Michael I. Prats (@PratsEM) March 23, 2022

@BMJOpen

Late pregnancy ultrasound parameters identifying fetuses at risk of adverse perinatal outcomes: a protocol for a systematic review of systematic reviews

@CASEfromASE

Double Chamber Right Ventricle with New-Onset Biventricular Failure in an Octogenarian

@AnnalsofEM

Young Woman with Left Chest Pain

@AnnalsofEM

An Elderly Woman With Persistent Chest Pain

23 March

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Utility of Ultrasound for Evaluating Skin Changes in Chronic Venous Disease

22 March

Usefulness of Multi-Organ Point-Of-Care Ultrasound as a Complement to the Decision-Making Process in Internal Medicine [v1] | Preprints#pocus #lungultrasound #abdominalultrasound #echocardiography #internalmedicine

⁦@CasasolaGarcia⁩ https://t.co/lonJbHeDqF

— Yale Tung-Chen (@yaletung) March 21, 2022

It is a pleasure and honor to collaborate once again with professors @AmirKazory @croncoIRRIV, and publish this editorial: Multi-organ #POCUS in acute kidney injury. #Nephrology POCUS ≠ r/o hydronephrosis#Nephpearls #MedEd #hyponatremia
🔗https://t.co/aKvawSD69U pic.twitter.com/VMcbJLbgEQ

— NephroPOCUS (@NephroP) March 21, 2022

@radiology_rsna

Ovarian Cancer Detection in Average-Risk Women: Classic- versus Nonclassic-appearing Adnexal Lesions at US

@DovePress

Transrectal Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer: Current Utilization, Integration with mpMRI, HIFU and Other Emerging Applications

@AIUMUltrasound

Ultrasound-Guided Obstetric and Gynecologic Procedures in the Pelvis

Insights into Imaging

Performance comparison of ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in their diagnostic accuracy of placenta accreta spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Insights into Imaging

Imaging findings of gastrointestinal tract tumors in children and adolescents

Anesthesia & Analgesia

Airway Ultrasound as Predictor of Difficult Direct Laryngoscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

21 March

What are your top tips for finding the best window? #zedu #zeduultrasoundtraining #zedunow #pocus #ultrasoundtraining #ultrasound #sonography #probemoves pic.twitter.com/5zHlMv3IsY

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) March 21, 2022

Echocardiography during head-out immersion in an immersion tank may help identify risk of swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE) in patients with mild MR or prior SIPE.

Read the full article from the March issue: https://t.co/CGpCcpp83K #POCUS pic.twitter.com/lgrjrvFf6D

— CHEST® Journal (@journal_CHEST) March 20, 2022

#POCUS #ICU #ALI
Fascinating work #LUSscore and plasma miR‐21‐3p expression level are correlated with the severity and prognosis of #ALI patients and are expected to be used as new biomarkers for #ALI https://t.co/bng38r3zcJ

— Dr George Ntoumenopoulos #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@georgentou1) March 20, 2022

@Cureus

A Systemic Review on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Patients With Undifferentiated Shock in the Emergency Department

Scientific Reports volume

The hallucal interphalangeal ossicle: anatomy and basis for ultrasound-guided surgical shaving

20 March

Is there a role for TEE in trauma anesthesia ? 👀 at this work with @lgiron86 from @Sunnybrook @UofTanesthesia https://t.co/6p2NbWGo3D#POCUS #Echofirst @ResusTEEproject @iceman_ex @GoffiAlberto @KalagaraHari @TomJelic @RJonesSonoEM @theTASHQ @CASUpdate @CAS_CVT @SCCM_Anesth pic.twitter.com/1XvlavlmPw

— Pablo Perez d’Empaire, MD, FRCPC, FCCM, FASE (@pperezde) March 19, 2022

Geriatrics Going to Ground : Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block https://t.co/8j5vucXwFc #foamed #pocus

— Rob Cooney, MD, MEd (@EMEducation) March 20, 2022

Radiology Case Reports

Pyocolpos: A rare cause of recurrent abdominal pain – Always insist on a thorough physical examination

19 March

New in JACEP Open: Advanced practice providers proficiency-based model of ultrasound training and practice in the ED.#FOAM, #Concept, #POCUS, #APPshttps://t.co/wJPy1hapD0@EmergencyDocs@ACEPNow @WileyHealth @wileyinresearch pic.twitter.com/cy5fKwH2Gu

— JACEP Open (@JACEPOpen) March 18, 2022

Common sonographic findings in #nephrology-relevant hemodynamic phenotypes.#POCUS #MedEd #Nephpearls
From: 🔗https://t.co/0RIKiWXstL pic.twitter.com/CbsRsMOJ1j

— IAPN (@POCUSIAPN) March 21, 2022

@Cureus

A Triplex Ultrasound Evaluation of Preclinical Changes in Type 2 Diabetes in Foot Arteries