Search Tag: Ultrasound
Workshop-regional-anaesthesia-2022
2022 25 Aug
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2022-rocky-mountain-winter-conference-on-emergency-medicine
2022 05 Mar
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Setting-up-a-point-of-care-ultrasound-programme-in-the-neonatal-intensive-care-unit
2020 10 Nov
An ever-expanding array of applications have been developed for ultrasound, including its goal-directed use at the bedside, often called point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). In Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and many other European and Asian countries, neonatologist-performed, targeted POCUS is now a routine practice in neonatal intensive...Read more
68th-workshop-regional-anaesthesia
2020 21 Oct
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Sono4nord-ultrasound-training-and-practice-2020
2020 24 Nov
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Ultrasound-in-times-of-covid-19
2020 19 May
The potential clinical utility of ultrasound modalities in the COVID-19 patient, the limitations, evidence base and governance over point of care ultrasound images during a pandemic and a discussion on whether the hype surrounding Lung Ultrasound (LUS) is justified. Introduction The use of ultrasound outside radiology has already...Read more
Inside-story-how-ultrasound-is-proving-an-ally-to-a-spanish-hospital-fighting-covid-19
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
In-china-ultrasound-is-helping-doctors-fight-covid-19-1
2020 26 Mar
Before he begins a 12-hour shift working with patients suffering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, Professor Xiaoting Wang puts on three layers of gloves and gowns, a mask and an air-purifying respirator that looks like something out of a movie. The equipment makes it hard for him to bend down, hard for him to walk around....Read more
A-ray-of-light-ai-enhanced-ultrasound-is-helping-on-the-front-line-against-covid-19
2020 26 Mar
Ultrasound might not seem an obvious weapon against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and its ensuing complications. Best known for helping doctors and expectant parents to view babies in utero, ultrasound sees inside the body by emitting and recording the echoes of high-frequency soundwaves. It’s similar to how bats navigate at...Read more
66th-workshop-regional-anaesthesia
2019 09 Oct
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A-solid-future-for-point-of-care-ultrasound-in-intensive-care
2019 19 Jul
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an established tool for the rapid assessment and diagnosis of patients across a variety of medical disciplines, not least in the high-octane environment of intensive care medicine. Dr. Timm Steuber, senior consultant and head of the ICU at Evangelisches Krankenhaus Unna, Germany, discusses his day-to-day...Read more
42nd-annual-uc-davis-emergency-medicine-winter-conference-2019
2019 04 Mar
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Imaging-and-intensive-care-medicine
2019 24 Jan
An evolving partnership A major evolution is underway involving critical care and imaging. The intensive care patient population is changing. Increasingly intensive care units (ICUs) are treating older patients, with more comorbidities, and variable prognosis, at a time when family expectations are different and often with higher expectations...Read more
Using-ultrasound-to-prevent-diaphragm-dysfunction
2019 24 Jan
Diaphragm ultrasound is a valuable tool to diagnose and prevent ventilator induced diaphragm dysfunction. This review focuses on the use of ultrasound to assess diaphragm structure and function in ventilated patients. The diaphragm is the primary muscle of inspiration. It is a thin dome-shaped muscle that inserts into the lower ribs, xiphoid...Read more
Required-and-preferred-scanner-features-for-different-ultrasound-applications
2019 24 Jan
Executive summary Minimum requirements, preferred features, and other advantageous features are identified for ultrasound systems for common exam types. Ultrasound is used for a wide variety of clinical applications, each requiring a somewhat different set of sonographic capabilities. A scanner's array of available features is a key...Read more
15th-winfocus-world-congress-on-ultrasound-in-emergency-critical-care
2019 21 Feb
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Point-of-care-ultrasonography-in-critical-care
2018 01 Jun
A brief overview of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the ICU: for the already converted, a reminder of how POCUS has changed ICU practice; for the ultrasound naïve, an aperitif to leave the reader with interest in this evolving paradigm shift of patient care. As intensivists, we have all faced this scenario: a 28-year-old woman, 35...Read more
Ultrasound-guided-mechanical-ventilation
2017 15 Sep
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is now a tool used worldwide, integrating clinical assessment of the critically ill. In this review, we focus on lung, diaphragm and cardiac ultrasound in the management of the mechanically ventilated patient. Ultrasound provides useful information to assess and monitor lung aeration, to set mechanical ventilation...Read more
Bedside-ultrasonography-6-success-factors-for-implementation
2017 27 Jan
Nidhi Nikhani, MD, shares 6 steps to implement ultrasonography in critical care, based on implementing ultrasound-guided central venous catheterisation (CVC) at Banner Health. 1. Define clinical challenges to be solved by implementing bedside ultrasound Banner Health faced the challenge of placing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)...Read more
Pain-management-symposium-new-york-school-of-regional-anesthesia-nysora
2016 17 Dec
Pain Management Symposium is a comprehensive hands-on workshop on ultrasound guided techniques in diagnosis and management of various pain conditions. Our program boasts a faculty who are truly the pioneers in the field of sonography. Minimal faculty to attendee ratio ensures a personalized learning environment and ample time to share their experiences....Read more
How-useful-is-multi-organ-point-of-care-ultrasound
2016 06 Sep
A review article in the Journal of Intensive Care outlines the role and usefulness of symptom-based and sign-oriented multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound (MOPOCUS) for patients with undifferentiated respiratory difficulty, chest pain or shock. The authors, Young-Rock Ha, Bundang Jesaeng Hospital, South Korea and Hong-Chuen Toh, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital,...Read more
Thoracic-ultrasound-vital-in-the-icu
2016 20 Jun
Thoracic ultrasound (TUS) is vital for differential diagnosis in the ICU, and has many advantages, say the authors of a recently published review of the technique. The potential clinical applications of bedside thoracic ultrasound are explored in an article published in the World Journal of Radiology . The artifacts shown on ultrasound assist in...Read more