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Ultrasound G.E.L. – E/e’ for Acute Heart Failure

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Point of care ultrasound protocols for acute heart failure are a dime a dozen these days – for good reason. Ultrasound has made this diagnosis way easier in the acute care setting. The question now is who can come up with the best protocol – something easy, accurate, and fast. These authors put their spin on the traditional heart and lungs protocol by including a measurement of the left atrial pressure. How does it hold up?

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Ultrasound G.E.L. – Deep Learning for Peripheral IV Anatomy

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Deep learning is a branch of artificial intelligence that holds a lot of promise for point-of-care ultrasound, but we don’t have much data on how it performs. The fearless investigators in this fascinating study train a deep learning algorithm to recognize sonographic anatomy of the upper extremity and then pit it against expert POCUS users to see who can interpret the images most accurately!

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Ultrasound G.E.L. – The RUSH Exam in Polytrauma

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The RUSH exam is a family favorite. It’s a reliably easy to recall hypotensive protocol that uses ultrasound to help determine the etiology of a patient’s shock. Well here’s a new idea – trauma patient’s can be in shock too, right? So maybe we should perform a full RUSH exam instead of just a measly EFAST? Well…hold your horses there kiddo, there may be more to think about with this one.

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Ultrasound G.E.L. – Ultrasound Guided Nerve Block for Shoulder Dislocations

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You are treating someone with a shoulder dislocation. You have a few options that can be used to help put it back where it belongs: A) Procedural sedation – the old standby. B) Intraarticular injection – some people love it, some hate it C) Relaxational maneuvers – sometimes feasible, and, last but not least D) Regional anesthesia – the new kid on the (nerve) block.

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