Podcast Ultrasound

In this 5 Minute Sono video we are going to discuss the basics on how to identify an intrauterine pregnancy using your bedside ultrasound machine. Follow our step-by-step guide to using point-of-care ultrasound for intrauterine pregnancy identification. From preparation to scanning techniques, we cover it all, including how to interpret key indicat…

Bonus Cuts back again! Zack and Mike talk with guest Yale Tung-Chen about the POCUS vibe in Spain and his recently reviewed study on using doppler flow as a measure of right ventricular dysfunction in heart failure. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/152Bởi Michael Prats

In this 5 Minute Sono video we are going to discuss some basic scanning techniques involving OB/Ob Gyn. This is a must watch video for point of care providers wanting to learn the basics on how to evaluate pregnant patients and patients with suspected uterine and ovarian pathology! Stay tuned for upcoming videos with specific pregnancies, including…

Mike flies solo and ventures into the wily world of artificial intelligence in clinical ultrasound. How well does the machine measure up to the expert when it comes to hemodynamic measurements with echo? https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/151 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36835888/Bởi Michael Prats

To celebrate 150 episodes we are doing a deep dive into one of POCUS's most beloved applications - acute heart failure. We bring in echo expert Sean Hickey to help delve into the ins and outs of the hearts, the lungs, and the IVCs. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/150Bởi Michael Prats

Pyloric stenosis is a relatively common condition in infants that can lead to severe vomiting, dehydration, and weight loss. Timely and accurate diagnosis is crucial for effective treatment. Bedside ultrasound has become a valuable tool for diagnosing pyloric stenosis quickly and non-invasively. Learn how to effectively perform the exam definitely …

In this video, we will guide you through the sonographic evaluation of a suspected ankle effusion using bedside ultrasound. We will also demonstrate how to accurately perform an ankle aspiration and injection. Check out this latest 5 Minute Sono video for details on how to do it! (Of note, this video only covers the sonographic identification and n…

In this Five Minute Sono video, Jailyn discusses how to identify an elbow effusion, and then how to aspirate fluid or inject medications. This is a potentially very difficult procedure made easier by bedside ultrasound. Check out the video to learn more! Of note, this video only discovers the ultrasound identification and needle guidance aspects. P…

Another author-focused Bonus Cuts episode with Zack and Mike joined by the one and only Rob Farrow! Rob represents the research team behind the recently discussed US-guided trigger point article. Discussion ensues regarding the methodology, procedural pearls, and a strained Bob Dylan reference. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/149…

Ultrasound has high accuracy for diagnosing a wrist effusion. As a bonus, it ALSO increases the accuracy of aspirations and injections. Check out the latest 5 Minute Sono video for details on how to do it! (Of note, this video only covers the sonographic identification and needle guidance aspects. Please check with local rules/guidelines/standard o…

Carpal tunnel syndrome affects millions of people and may be tricky to definitely diagnose. Bedside ultrasound can be a phenomenal adjunct in the evaluation in patients suspected of having this debilitating illness. Check out our 5 Minute Sono video to learn how to accurately diagnose carpal tunnel using a simple measurement of the median nerve ins…

🔍 Unlock the secrets of ultrasound with our concise guide on Pulsed Wave and Continuous Wave Doppler, and how they can revolutionize your medical practice. 🎓🌐 Discover the key differences, applications, and advantages of each method in this brief, 5 Minute Sono video. 🌐 Connect with Us 🌐 If you want more education goodness, check out the links belo…

🌈 Unraveling the Magic of Color Doppler 🌈 Welcome to Core Ultrasound! In this 5 Minute Sono educational video, we dive into the fascinating world of ultrasound imaging and explore the principles behind Color and Power Doppler. Color Doppler is a crucial technique used in medical ultrasound to visualize blood flow within the body. By assigning color…

Another cutting edge topic! These insatiable investigators propose to use doppler waveforms from the common femoral vein as a marker of right heart dysfunction in heart failure patients. Novel? Certainly. Useful? We shall see! https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/148 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37088380/…

What if I told you that you could use ultrasound to find traumatic injuries to the vertebral arteries? I am not telling you that...yet. The team has some thoughts on this novel idea. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/147 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37087444/Bởi Michael Prats

I’m so proud to be living my truth and sharing my story with you all! Join me in this special episode where I share just a little bit of my journey of coming out to the rest of the world as a transgender woman. Also, there are 5 other reasons to watch: I’ll share with you my favorite ultrasound cases of the past few months. I hope you enjoy this wi…

The GEL Jr crew sets up shop at the 2023 P2 Convention in Washington, D.C. and interviews the leaders of this organization about its history, purpose, and future. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/146 https://p2network.comBởi Michael Prats

At long last, we are finally revitalizing the image review segment of our channel and website! The purpose of image review sessions is to just go through a hodgepodge of ultrasound clips seen at various places that I (or guests to the show) have worked. The idea first came up when I was doing image reviews of your sessions when I was the Ultrasound…

In this 5 Minute Sono video, we'll guide you through the process of using ultrasound imaging to identify and diagnose inguinal and femoral hernias. Hernias can be difficult to identify with physical examination alone (and may actually be missed on CT!), but with ultrasound imaging, healthcare professionals can detect hernias at the bedside with gre…

In this Five Minute Sono video, Paul Khalil (with the help of Rob Farrow), walks us through the bedside diagnosis of testicular torsion. This disease is quite important to diagnose as early as possible and using this tool may dramatically increase the chance of testicular salvage. Check out our FREE content on our website: https://www.coreultrasoun…

Hold onto your hats - the latest episode discusses an application for ultrasound that you have probably never even thought about doing! Ultrasound-guided trigger point injections - do they work?! https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/145 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36214230/Bởi Michael Prats

In this Five Minute Sono I show you how to diagnose a viral pneumonia using bedside ultrasound. While the most common application these days is probably for COVID-19 pneumonia, these techniques also can be used to diagnose any viral pulmonary infections. Bacterial pneumonia has a slightly different appearance, and I’ll post that video later in the …

Virtual reality ultrasound?! It is here, and it might be a valuable educational tool. Special host Shawn Sethi, usual but still somewhat special host Mike, and definitely special guest ultrasound educator Suean Pascoe discuss the available evidence and their own perspectives on this innovative technology. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/144…

Cardiac POCUS can be dramatically useful and life-saving in cardiac arrest. I like to think about it in three different broad categories: Procedural, identifying reversible causes, and guiding therapy. This video isn’t a discussion regarding its utility for procedures or diagnosing reversible causes, but it is talking about how maybe the echo pulse…

In this five minute sono video, I’m going to walk you through how to get started scanning the lungs. The most common applications for performing an ultrasound of the lungs include pulmonary edema (traditionally seen in heart failure exacerbations but can be present in plenty of other pathologies), pneumothorax and pleural effusion. Check out our FR…

Can looking at the diaphragm with ultrasound help us understand a patient's respiratory status? This is one of the first papers to look at this question in an emergency department population. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/143 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36680779/Bởi Michael Prats

In this 5 Min Sono Video, we show you the basics of how to identify pericardial tamponade using ultrasound. The key is diastolic collapse of one of the right sided chambers (atrial diastole and ventricular diastole). If you need a little primer on pericardial effusions (that aren’t tamponade), check out the 5 Minute Sono video on pericardial effusi…

In this 5 Min Sono Video, we show you the basics of how to specifically identify pericardial effusions using ultrasound. This will just be to help with pericardial effusions, and we’ll talk about tamponade in a separate 5 Minute Sono video! I’ll be posting all of the 5 Minute Sono videos that were exclusively on our website here so stay tuned for f…

This is the second and final part of our episode on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the point-of-care ultrasound community. Guests Almaz Dessie and Javier Rosario lend their insights to the discussion of their articles and practical next steps. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/142Bởi Michael Prats

In this intro video, we demonstrate the use of ultrasound imaging to identify fractures. Ultrasound-guided fracture identification is a minimally invasive technique that allows for quick and accurate diagnosis of fractures, without the need for radiation or contrast agents. Additionally, it can be used during reductions to assist in identification …

Joint pain is a fairly common complaint and accurately identifying fluid (or lack thereof) can be difficult and frustrating without POCUS! In this video I show you how to identify joint effusions (including shoulder, knee and hip effusions) and how to use ultrasound to accurately stick a needle in it to either drain that fluid or to aspirate it. (s…

Special guests Almaz Dessie and Javier Rosario join Mike, Creagh, and Jai to discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion specifically in the point-of-care ultrasound community. This is the first of a two part discussion that covers the recently published articles on this topic and what you can do to help these efforts. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/14…

Ultrasound is an indispensable adjunct when performing vascular access in the subset of patients that need it. Unfortunately, ergonomics are often not ideal when performing POCUS-guided vascular access, especially when the ultra-portable POCUS devices are used. The folks at Oculine were kind enough to send me one of their devices (specifically made…

This video is the ultimate guide to ultrasound-guided knee aspiration and injection. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced practitioner, you'll pick up valuable tips and techniques to improve your skills and optimize patient outcomes. Check out our FREE content on our website: https://www.coreultrasound.com Check out our courses here: https:/…

See inside your body like never before with soft tissue ultrasound. This non-invasive diagnostic tool offers a safe and effective way to evaluate soft tissues and monitor medical conditions. Check out our FREE content on our website: https://www.coreultrasound.com Check out our courses here: https://courses.coreultrasound.com Check out our question…

Delia and Lianne take on the topic of pediatric gastric POCUS. Is it a helpful way to assess the effect of fasting prior to procedural sedation? Is fasting itself a helpful way to empty the stomach?? https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/140 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32769837/Bởi Michael Prats

Achilles tendon rupturescan be difficult to diagnose via the physical exam. #POCUS has been shown to have a +LR = 74, -LR of 0.05, a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 99% in the diagnosis of achilles tendon ruptures! (This is according to a SR/MA of 15 studies and 808 patients.PMID:34801318). Watch this 5 Minute Sono video to learn more! Chec…

Vicki Noble is a veritable legend of point of care ultrasound. Zach and Mike are lucky enough to sit down with this proverbial fountain of wisdom and scoop some razor insights into the past, present and future of the field. We discuss Vicki's origin story, multi-disciplinary collaboration, hot takes on POCUS research, and the middle-age of POCUS. h…

https://www.coreultrasound.com/Airway ultrasound is something that can be quite complex but at its most basic, it can be used to help determine if you have endotracheal versus endobronchial intubation. This is definitely not something that needs to be done all the time, but is a great adjunct in the appropriate clinical setting! Check out our FREE …

This episode has been a long time coming! We're talking ultrasound-guided subclavian central lines, and a lot of people have opinions. Are they better than landmark? What should we teach learners? The GEL team discusses through the lens of this fascinating RCT. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/138 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35562246/…

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We can only go so long without talking about cardiac arrest! Here is the latest idea - using sonographic carotid compression to help determine if a pulse is present. Can it save time compared to manual palpation and thus help our patients? https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/137 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35792305/…

Another Bonus Cuts author interview - this time with Amy Zhou, Pediatric Emergency Medicine specialist and first author of the recently reviewed article on IVC collapse duration. Zach and Mike ask the hard questions about how this paper came to be and how we should be thinking about the IVC in our pediatric patients. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/1…

Pneumoperitoneum is usually bad news for patients, and it would be great to have a quick way to make this diagnosis. These authors ingeniously used ultrasound contrast software (without any contrast) to boost the accuracy of ultrasound for this pathology! https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/135 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35204492/…

New idea alert! Should we be using POCUS to guide nasogastric tube placement? Crazy? Unnecessary, you say? Well listen in to the discussion of this interesting randomized controlled trial designed to answer this burning question. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/134 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35834792/…

In our second in the series of Bonus Cuts, Zach and Mike interview the illustrious Ryan Gibbons for his take on arthrocentesis and a discussion of his research in the field. What an exciting joint venture! https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/133Bởi Michael Prats

What do we do with IVC's in kids?! The GEL Jr squad tackles a fascinating article that might have the answer. These authors looked at the Inferior Vena Cava collapse duration in children with dehydration. Will this novel measurement help with figuring out who needs IV fluids? https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/132 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3253083…

Part 2 of this Special Edition episode with Larry Istrail, author of the POCUS Manifesto. More great talk about POCUS, the physical exam, and ultrasound research. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/131Bởi Michael Prats

In this Special Edition episode, Mike and Creagh interview physician, entrepreneur, and author Larry Istrail discussing his recent book The POCUS Manifesto! Awesome discussion of the ups and downs of implementing, teaching, and researching POCUS. Part 1 of 2. https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/130Bởi Michael Prats

If you take care of neonates, the last thing you need to worry about is vascular access! In this episode the GEL Jr. team discusses an article on using POCUS to confirm central catheter placement. Can it save these babies a few xrays? https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/129 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35152306/…