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⚡️ The April issue of POCUS Journal, Vol 10 Issue 1, is out now! We invite you to visit our website ( https://t.co/UlDOFX3DUX) to read articles of interest! 📷 https://t.co/ncZ0h0Pb9K
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🔎 POCUS has become an extremely useful tool in the placement of temporary Transvenous Pacemakers. Emergency medicine specialists detail how using POCUS doesn’t just help with central venous access; Rather, it directly visualizes pacemaker wires as they advance into the heart’s
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📊 A 26-day-old boy was referred to the pediatric emergency department for evaluation of a left-sided neck mass. Physical and POCUS examinations were performed to better visualize the anatomy of the mass. A discrete, homogenous, solid mass contained within the left SCM,
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🔎 Pediatric POCUS experts put 6 handheld ultrasound devices to the test — comparing image quality, ease of use, and overall performance across common pediatric POCUS scans. For clinicians and institutions, this first-of-its-kind comparison offers practical guidance when
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Join us for 19th #POCUS #UTHealthSanAntonio CME Workshops Feb 12 – 15, 2026 in #Austin, TX! Adult Basics & #PedsPOCUS and Advanced Cardiac course with 6-part live lecture series. All major #Ultrasound companies on-site & lots of networking! Don’t miss out! https://t.co/I5Z6Y54Faw
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🫁 How well can physicians detect absent lung sliding on POCUS? A recent study evaluated physician agreement when using both B-mode and M-mode to identify lung sliding. 📊 The result? Even among experienced clinicians, inter-rater agreement was only moderate. Notably, B-mode
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📍 POCUS for Feeding Tube Confirmation in the PICU? 🍼 In the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, ensuring accurate enteral feeding tube placement is critical—and traditionally depends on radiographs. A new prospective study explored point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) as a bedside
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🔍 Check out the DIVOT Protocol — a simple yet powerful way to use Doppler with thoracic ultrasound to spot vessels before procedures like thoracentesis. By blending Doppler imaging with thoracic ultrasound, this protocol offers procedural clarity and boosts patient safety. A
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🚲 A 66-year-old trauma patient developed sudden painless vision loss after a bicycle accident. CT and external eye exam were unrevealing. 🔍 Using ocular POCUS, emergency physicians identified an irregular, echogenic lens, which is consistent with a traumatic cataract. The
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Check our our new Blog page! First Blog: From Bats to Bedside – How Humans Evolved to See in the Dark by Ergi Duli, PhD @ErgiDuli 🔗 https://t.co/7jQ2Tr3RUL
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