Search Tag: Point of care Ultrasound
2022 08 Dec
This article aims to discuss the specific role of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the diagnosis and management of pathology in the critical care setting, as well as a specific tool to aid in invasive procedures. We discuss the ABCDE assessment of patients within critical care using POCUS. Introduction Since its introduction,...Read more
2022 08 Dec
This article aims to discuss the specific role of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the diagnosis and management of pathology in the critical care setting, as well as a specific tool to aid in invasive procedures. We discuss the ABCDE assessment of patients within critical care using POCUS. Introduction Since its introduction,...Read more
2021 31 May
A new study in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology s hows that ultrasound can accurately diagnose hand injuries, specifically tendon tears, further proving its use as a fast and indispensable tool. Researchers from Ain Shams University in Egypt aimed to validate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound (US) scans in pre-operative evaluation...Read more
2020 13 Apr
Tomás Villén is on a war footing. His hospital, Universitario Ramón y Cajal in the northern corner of Madrid, has been the epicenter of Spain’s battle against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Together with Italy, Spain has borne the brunt of the pandemic in Europe. In late March and early April, roughly 300 new patients infected...Read more
2019 01 Nov
Each year, Emergency Departments (ED) across the United States see more than 145 million visits, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Nearly two-and-a-half million ED patients end up getting some kind of diagnostic exam, like ultrasound, that confirms if a hospital stay is needed. In highly populated areas, doctors often struggle...Read more
2019 24 Sep
Multi-lingual POCUS educational tools are the result of global member demand FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc., specialists in developing cutting-edge, point-of-care ultrasound solutions, today announced that its SonoSite Institute, a comprehensive online educational resource dedicated to empowering and educating healthcare providers about point-of-care...Read more
2018 11 Dec
Mosul, Iraq’s second city, is slowly rebuilding its healthcare infrastructure after years of war and destruction. Dr Henryk Pich, a consultant anaesthetist and intensive care physician at the University of Dresden, Germany, visited the region soon after the fighting had ended, supported by the independent aid organisation CADUS. Moved by the makeshift...Read more
2018 12 Nov
Point-of-care ultrasound is playing an important role in the anaesthesiology department at Spain’s Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. Dr Xavier Sala-Blanch, Senior Doctor and Head of Section in the hospital’s Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation and Associate Professor of Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, discusses...Read more