Ulnar nerve assessment in the cubital tunnel will be explored in detail with an emphasis on assessment of the ìroof and floorî of the cubital tunnel as potential causes of ulnar neuropathy. A new technique for dynamic assessment of the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel will be discussed focusing ...

The value of ultrasound techniques in the examination of the pleura and lungs has been underestimated over the recent decades, which is especially true for children. However, a variety of pathologies of the chest wall, pleura, and lungs result in altered tissue composition, providing sufficient a...

Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) has evolved rapidly over the past two decades and been adopted by many medical specialities, none more so than emergency and critical care physicians. There are significant benefits in both rapid bedside ultrasound diagnosis and safe procedural guidance.
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Musculoskeletal point of care ultrasound (MSKPOCUS) holds potential to greatly improve patient outcomes. In order to develop a rational approach to its use, the clinician needs to be aware of multiple factors that influence its ability to do so. These factors include educational aspects relating ...

Lung ultrasound(LUS) has rapidly gained favour in critical care setting, due in part to its safety profile, speed and convenience. We must guard against over-enthusiastic application leading to unconscious incompetence.

Lung ultrasound combines the interrogation of real pathologies (consolida...

B lines are at best a simple tool, and require intelligent use to perform at test characteristics reported by the more favourable meta-analyses. The aim of this talk is to discuss literature investigating B lines, and combine it with our own experience of the traps and caveats of B lines, to illu...

Screening for ovarian cancer has been attempted since the late 1980's. Most studies have involved the use of clinical examination CA 125 estimation and serial ultrasound scans. Large trials where conducted in the United Kingdom and thus far there has been no statistical evidence that these have r...

Patients in the neonatal intensive care often demonstrate clinical situations where hemodynamic compromise is common. Birth itself is the complex transition from placental blood flow to pulmonary blood flow as predominant provider of preload to the left heart, with redirection of blood flow over ...

Cardiovascular examination is traditionally performed exclusively with the use of a stethoscope since its invention nearly 200 years ago. Such a clinical examination is notoriously unreliable and doesn't always convey sufficient information regarding the structural and physiological integrity of ...

Appendicitis remains the most common cause of acute abdomen requiring surgery. The clinical diagnosis could be challenging. Ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) have been widely used as diagnostic tools for appendicitis. Unlike CT, US is usually readily available without ionizing radiatio...

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General ultrasound examination in the shocked Emergency Department patient. Consider the setting and challenges facing emergency physicians. Ultrasound is an essential tool in this setting with considerations for level of training and expertise, credentialling, image storage and reporting.

Dynamic Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction utilises echocardiography to target issues between focusing on blood pressure versus flow

RUQ pain ñ it's not always stones and cholecystitis! Patients presenting with RUQ pain can have all sorts of pathologies. An approach to a biliary tract ultrasound scan will be presented, along with sonographic features of various causes of RUQ pain. Tips will also be given on how to navigate yo...