POCUS Med Ed
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Ultrasound vision for all. https://www.thepocustextbook.com/
We are excited to announce we have a new #POCUS book coming out! The POCUS Textbook will be available this summer in Hardcover and Kindle. It focuses on crystal-clear figures without confusing abbreviations, and associated QR code videos, accessible for free with any smartphone.…
Failure of standard contemporary ST-elevation myocardial infarction electrocardiogram criteria to reliably identify acute occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery All were diagnosed on the first EKG by the @PMcardioApp academic.oup.com/ehjacc/advance…
Interesting…
Not always possible to get a good tracing 🔗 pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271027/1-s2.0-…
A for Air and B for Bluid amirite… no lung US is complete without interrogating pleura
This is what the chest X-ray detected and called vascular congestion. There are multiple B-lines present. But if we look closely at the pleura we can see that it is very irregular. There are small sub-pleural consolidations. The B-lines are very closely spaced together. Here is…
Absolutely wonderful. Never thought like this before to scan JV!
Viewpoint: The urinary nitrite test should be reconsidered for diagnosing UTIs in pediatric and adult patients as it may lead to unnecessary antibiotic use. ja.ma/46xt9vl @jacksonjstew
Love the power of POCUS 🫁
This is a lung pulse seen with #pocus. This is a clever way to rule out a pneumothorax in patients with absent lung sliding. While pneumothorax is a likely cause of absent lung sliding, it can also be seen with pulmonary fibrosis, pleurodesis, or atelectasis. In these latter…
Very useful
This is a lung pulse seen with #pocus. This is a clever way to rule out a pneumothorax in patients with absent lung sliding. While pneumothorax is a likely cause of absent lung sliding, it can also be seen with pulmonary fibrosis, pleurodesis, or atelectasis. In these latter…