Natalie Nguyen, DO
@pocusfam
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she/her | family medicine | urgent care at kaiser permanente los angeles | s/p #pocus fellowship at THE ohio state university | #meded focused
Joined April 2021
🔍 Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Puncture – an essential POCUS technique for improving procedural success in CSF sampling, especially in ↑BMI or anatomically challenging patients with spinal deformities or prior surgeries, minimizing traumatic taps, needle redirects, and
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GLP-1 RAs slow gastric emptying and may increase aspiration risk No studies have assessed the efficacy of pre-op erythromycin as a prokinetic. This case reports evaluates erythromycin efficacy with gastric ultrasound! #AnSky @drnavsidhu
https://t.co/cnksA1H7NL
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Did you know your choice of ultrasound gel directly impacts image quality? High viscosity gels = superior air gap reduction & sharper resolution for details diagnostics Low viscosity gels= easy application but may dry out during longer scans Surprising fact? Homemade
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Do you do #POCUS research? Check out the newly published Standards for POCUS Research Reporting (SPUR) spearheaded by Nikolai Schnittke published in @AcademicEmerMed
@fmbrussell @MGottliebMD @Takeokun @CreaghB @rbcrisp @IM_POCUS @ross_prager 🔗 https://t.co/fk9wIrzGXs
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Background Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a bedside diagnostic modality that depends on technical, operator-specific, patient-specific, and clinical context factors. Existing research reportin...
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Last FM intern POCUS session of the academic year. Textbook gallbladder with duodenum shot - done at first try! 💪🏼 (flipped because selfie). Proud mama 🧸
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Excited to share that our new Advanced Ultrasound textbook is the #1 New Release across multiple medical specialties!! Grateful to the numerous authors, editors, and other contributors who have made this an incredible resource for the #POCUS community https://t.co/O9kbecsTe7
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🎙️ New POCUS Journal Podcast Episode! "Demonstrating Feasibility of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)-Guided Inpatient Transthoracic Echo (TTE) Triage Decision Pathway" We explore how POCUS can streamline inpatient echo triage and clinical decision-making. 📺 YouTube:
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Answer to last week's case: Emphysematous Cholecystitis. Thanks for playing. Note the non dependent echogenic foci in the wall with “dirty” posterior shadowing. Has a high risk for perforation and high mortality rate. #Ultrasound #RadRes
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#POCUS diagnosis of acute valvular emergencies, highlighting a practical how-to, pocket cards, pearls and pitfalls! free access until 2/4/25! @OhioACEP @SAEMAEUS @ACEP_EUS @CCAG_EM @ultrasound_vcu @SAlerhand @lataylor1218 @mtabbut @RubberCitySono
https://t.co/V1pjzCgUCh
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Enteritis : Inflammation of the small bowel wall . #ultrasound shows uniformly thickened small bowel wall . Bowel may appear hypoperistaltic & fluid filled. #radiology #enteritis
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Kudos to @colinrbell for leading this @CAEP_EUC effort to survey Canadian 🇨🇦 #POCUS programs •76% of POCUS equipment is used beyond service life •1/3 of programs receive $ for clinical POCUS use •1/2 don't have POCUS QA @CAEP_Docs @CJEMonline 🔗 https://t.co/SKuyolXOLs
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Governance and leadership considerations for systemwide POCUS program joint work from HIMSS SIIM and AIUM
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a standard of care across a variety of healthcare settings due to its ability to provide critical clinical information and as well as procedural...
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TAVR in asymptomatic patients? This trial showed TAVR to improve outcomes (driven mainly by ⬇️ hospitalizations) in severe aortic stenosis but ABSENCE of symptoms — echoing the smaller RECOVERY trial in “very severe” aortic stenosis in 2020. EARLY TAVR Trial, NEJM 2024 ♥️
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(1/4)🚨 Nursing-Led Sepsis Response Teams Using POCUS 🩺 Sepsis Emergency Response Teams (SERTs) are redefining sepsis care with #POCUS, enabling precision resuscitation tailored to each patient’s physiology—moving beyond the "one-size-fits-all" approach. Here’s how they do it
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Recanalization Does Not Always Equate to Reperfusion: No-Reflow Phenomenon After Successful Thrombectomy | Stroke https://t.co/odcylVjoFw
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Point of care ultrasound is the future of medicine💯 I created an educational channel based on cases, 260 #POCUS cases have been uploaded to the channel, I request you to share this post so that those who are interested in pocos can join it YouTube 🔗 https://t.co/4me0CDsVUC
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