Can a POCUS Clinical Decision Rule Improve Reliability in the Diagnosis of Paediatric Transient Synovitis of the Hip? A Single Centre Pilot Study

David J McCreary; Rashed Chowdhury; Cameron Hamilton – This study retrospectively applied a POCUS CDR to patients presenting to a paediatric emergency department (PED) with atraumatic limp over a 5 year period.

Use of Internal Jugular Vein POCUS to Assess Intravascular Volume Status: A Study in Critically Ill Pediatric Post-Operative Cardiac Patients

Karunya Jayasimha; Wei Liu; William Hanna – This study correlates IJV POCUS with CVP in mechanically ventilated post-operative children following congenital heart disease surgery.

Glow Up Pediatric Minor Trauma Care: Detecting Adrenal Bleeding with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Emergency Settings

Yair Katzir; Yehuda Tzur – This study describes, for the first time, the use of pediatric emergency physician-performed CEUS in the evaluation of minor abdominal trauma in a child.

Detecting a Canal of Nuck Hydrocoele in a Child with a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Using POCUS

David J. McCreary; Maria Munir; Milan Gopal – This study presents the first reported case of a Canal of Nuck hydrocoele identified using POCUS in a child. This case highlights the role of POCUS as a safe, reliable, first-line imaging tool for identifying Canal of Nuck hydrocoeles in patients with VP shunts

POCUS Examination of the Mediastinum in Children: A Simplified and Standardized Protocol for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Isabelle Munyangaju; Lucia Carratala-Castro; Sozinho Acacio; José Miguel Escudero Fernández; Antoni Soriano-Arandes; Maria Espiau; Begoña Santiago Garcia; Alicia Hernanz-Lobo; Ángel M. Lancharro Zapata; Aleix Soler-Garcia; Enrique Ladera; Antoni Noguera-Julian; Angela Manzanares; Daniel Blazquez; Elisa Aguirre Pascual; José Massingue; Jessica Dalsuco; Justina Bramugy; Isabelle Thierry-Chefque Bassat; Danilo Buonsenso; Elisa Lopez-Varela; Xavier Serres-Créixams – This study shows that Mediastinal POCUS, guided by a standardized protocol, represents a safe, affordable, point-of-care, and non-ionizing option for identifying mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Its application holds promise for improving the diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis, especially in settings with limited access to advanced radiological imaging.

Inside the April 2025 10 Year Anniversary Issue

Benjamin T. Galen; Amer M. Johri; Casey Glass – This current issue, published in April 2025, marks the 10th year that the world’s leading point-of-care ultrasound journal has been bringing the POCUS community together.

In Memoriam – Dr. James Kirkpatrick

Amer M. Johri; Nova Panebianco; Benjamin Galen – It is with great sadness that we remark upon the passing of Dr. James Kirkpatrick in this issue of the POCUS Journal. Jim was widely admired and respected in the POCUS community for his enthusiasm towards point of care imaging and his embrace of learners and colleagues from around the world.

The Expanding Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Paradigm

Katie Wiskar – Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is an ever-evolving technology that has become integral to clinical practice in a variety of domains. Since its inception in Emergency Medicine (EM) in the 1980s, POCUS has traditionally been viewed as a tool to make binary decisions in response to focused clinical questions.

Seeing Ghosts: A Quality Improvement Intervention to Decrease Phantom Scanning Through Increased Image Archiving of POCUS by Internal Medicine Residents

Linden Kolbenson; Talha Salman; Amanda Oro; Paul Olszynski – Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is used in internal medicine (IM) to augment clinical decision making and improve procedural safety. Institutionally-supported archiving software can help learners track scan numbers and receive feedback on image acquisition and interpretation.

Evaluation of an International Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Program for Internal Medicine Physicians

Katherine Otto Chebly; Elizabeth Hernández; Mary Cifelli; Michael Janjigian – This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the program on UCV learners’ POCUS knowledge and skills, in comparison with outcomes from learners of a similar curriculum at NYU, and the local acceptability of the program to participating learners.

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