POCUS Journal Volume 09, Issue 02, released November 2024
Courtney Owens, Lindsey Chaudoin – An 11-year-old postmenarchal female presented to the pediatric emergency department (ED) with 2 days of periumbilical and right lower abdominal pain. Radiology-performed ultrasound (RADUS) did not visualize the appendix, and there was a plan for surgical consultation to decide between serial abdominal exams versus computed tomography (CT) scan.
Alisha Ching, Charles William Kropf – Application of ultrasound to evaluate pediatric respiratory disease in the emergency department setting is rapidly growing, particularly as we often weigh the risks of exposure to radiation with other readily available imaging modalities in the acute care setting.
Sivasenthil Arumugam, Hari Kalagara – Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) are frequently used for diabetes and weight loss management. The GLP-1 RA drugs delay gastric emptying and are a concern for increased risk of aspiration in the perioperative period. Current recommendations to hold these medications before surgery are consensus based.
Wei Ven Chin, Mae Jane Khaw – Dengue fever is an arthropod-borne viral disease that is widespread throughout the world. We report a case of dengue cardiomyopathy that was detected and treated to best effect using point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and the VExUS score.
Mohannad Wazirali, Paul M. Shaniuk – Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is used to evaluate many clinical scenarios. Chest POCUS has been integrated as a part of a clinical protocol to assess patients with lung pathology [1].
Linda Liu, Christine Chow, Cooper Kersey, Brandon Wiley, Jonathan R. Lindner, Andrew M. Pattock, Carlos L. Alviar, Sula Mazimbag, Yoonsik Cho, Kavita Khaira, James N. Kirkpatrick, Younghoon Kwon – Cardiac point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has been used with increasing frequency. As a result of this trend, this study sought to characterize cardiologists’ perspectives on cardiac POCUS. Methods: An 18-question survey on demographics, cardiac POCUS clinical practice, education, and infrastructure was distributed by 16 academic medical centers.
Erick Joel Rendón-Ramírez, Andrés Mauricio Morales-García, Adrián Rendón-Pérez, Homero Nañez-Terreros, Ricardo Cesar Solis, Alexandra Daniela Magaña-García, Samantha Medrano-Juárez, Jose Francisco Caloca-Estrada, Roberto Mercado-Longoria, Jorge Eduardo Leija-Herrera, José M. Porcel – To analyze the association between pleural effusion detected by chest point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and clinical outcomes in patients with septic shock admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).
Yoshiko Ishisaka, Hong Yu Wang, Hayato Mitaka, Elliot Charen, Paru Patrawalla – Renal ultrasound is a non-invasive method to assess for obstructive acute kidney injury (AKI). Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has been shown to be a good screening tool for obstructive AKI, and with formal training, has high sensitivity and specificity. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of integrating a novel renal POCUS curriculum into an existing two-week nephrology rotation for internal medicine residents.
Priyanka Modi, Sanjeev Bhoi – Earlier studies have proved deteriorating Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) as a marker of raised intracranial pressure (ICP). Low GCS is associated with abnormal pupillary parameters. Currently, many studies have proved that ultrasound provides a feasible and objective assessment of pupillary light reflex. However, literature is lacking to evaluate objective pupillary parameters to predict GCS of the patients by point of care ultrasound (POCUS).
Mark Danila, Cynthia Zheng, Ryan J. Salvatore, Rachel Cary, Sara Youssef, Grace Pinhal-Enfield, Catherine Chen – There has been increasing interest in point of care ultrasound (POCUS) as a learning tool in preclinical medical anatomy and physiology courses. Few interventions have used team-based learning (TBL) to teach cardiac POCUS.