Ultrasound – Page 3

Ultrasound-Guided Radial Artery Catheterization

Cliff / August 16, 2011

Image: Radial&UlnarArteries@Wrist&Hand by George A. Piersol, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In case you needed some evidence – a systematic […]

Cliff / August 1, 2011

For me, this is one of those ‘why didn’t I think of that?!’ studies… extending the FAST scan to measure […]

Cliff / July 26, 2011

Image: A medical ultrasound linear array probe, scan head, transducer by Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Some […]

Cliff / June 21, 2011

Image: Percutaneous central venous catheters, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons If a patient needs a central line, he/she needs […]

Cliff / June 8, 2011

Image: A modern medical ultrasound scanner by Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The abstract says it all […]

Cliff / May 24, 2011

Image: Pulmonary artery catheter english, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The AHA has produced a comprehensive guideline on venous […]

Cliff / April 1, 2011

The SAMU (Service d’aide médicale urgente) guys have had a run of interesting pre-hospital publications lately. In this study, one […]

Cliff / March 30, 2011

An ultrasound study of paediatric airways showed sonographic measurement to be a better predictor of tracheal tube size (using a […]

Cliff / March 23, 2011

A potentially reversible cause of haemodynamic shock in critically ill patients is left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO). We are […]

Cliff / March 13, 2011

Image: Opening of inferior vena cava by xranatomy.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A high degree of sonographically-visualised collapse […]