The Well-Tempered Sonographer

Jul 08 2024 4 ep. 22 mins 2
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I provide warm takes on new ultrasound literature relevant to my field of Emergency Medicine.

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PROFUNDUS or Just SUPERFICIALIS? Dissecting Acute Aortic Syndromes

Jul 08 2024 21 mins  
Have you ever had a patient's aortic intima and media peel off each other like the plastic casing from a cheap laptop and wish had more tools than just shipping them off to the CT scanner? Well, the D-dimer and the suprasternal aortic notch views may be a solution to your problems! This week's show notesAortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-RS) on MDCalcPOCUS 101 post on per

The Indication Just Says "CT Scanner Is Broken"

Jun 10 2024 22 mins  
This week's show notesIntegrating Pre-test Probability and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Emergency Department (ED) Diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) - PMC - Paper #1Contrast‐enhanced point of care ultrasound for the evaluation of stable blunt abdominal trauma by the emergency physician: A prospective diagnostic study - PMC - Paper #2Diagnostic Performance of Ul

Wells Score of 12.5

May 05 2024 15 mins  
This week, we are embolizing information from my microphone straight into your ears, as I have a systematic review covering the accuracy of DVTs performed by EM providers and a trial looking at how well a new diagnostic measure called the RV bubble time does in looking for RV dysfunction. This week's script/show notesPaper 1: Hercz D, Mechanic OJ, Varella M, Fajardo F, Levine RL. U

GI Bleeds, VTI, and You

Apr 21 2024 30 mins  
On this episode, we cover two papers on the use of ultrasound hemodynamic findings in clinically evaluating blood loss: one in suspected upper GI bleeding to risk stratify patients into transfusion candidates vs not at the bedside, and the other covering an emerging use of wearable ultrasound to relate carotid Doppler findings with cardiac output.Show notes for paper 1 (Ayar et al)