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.
Issues: Vol 10 Iss 02 - NOV 2025
POCUS Journal Volume 10, Issue 02, released November 2025
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.