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Ultrasound measurement of plantar fascia thickness: Is the current criterion for normality applicable to everyone? 超声测量足底筋膜厚度:目前的正常标准是否适用于所有人?

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-12-29 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12342

Fouad Nafees, Z. Fatima, S. Malik, Qasim Yousaf, M. Latif, S. Y. Farooq

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Some thoughts on our social responsibilities 关于我们社会责任的一些思考

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12337

K. Thoirs

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Prenatal diagnosis of multicystic dysplastic kidney with contralateral pelviureteric junction obstruction on ultrasound 超声对侧肾盂输尿管交界处梗阻多囊发育不良肾的产前诊断

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12339

Ravikanth Reddy

{"title":"Prenatal diagnosis of multicystic dysplastic kidney with contralateral pelviureteric junction obstruction on ultrasound","authors":"Ravikanth Reddy","doi":"10.1002/sono.12339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12339","url":null,"abstract":"A 24-year-old primigravida from a rural background presented to the hospital at 18 weeks of gestation and was referred for anomaly scan. This is the first antenatal scan for which the patient presented. Longitudinal ultrasound revealed irregular outline of the left kidney with multiple thin-walled cysts demonstrating no obvious communication with the pelvicalyceal system (Figure 1). Incidentally, right kidney shows pelviureteric junction obstruction with hydronephrosis (Figure 2). Ultrasound revealed normal fetal movements and fetal heart sounds. Fetal parameters were within normal limits. The amniotic fluid index was decreased at 6 cm. 1 An ultrasound diagnosis of left-sided multicystic dysplastic kidney (classic/pelvi-infundibular type) and contralateral pelviureteric junction obstruction with hydronephrosis was made. Prenatal diagnosis was confirmed on post-natal ultrasound. On post-natal day 3, the baby was referred to the department of pediatric nephrology for further management. Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a severe anomaly with grave prognosis which results in non-functioning kidneys. 2 Most common associated anomalies of MCDK on the contralateral side include ure-teropelvic junction obstruction, as noted in the current case, or vesi-coureteral reflux which may be prevalent in 30% – 40% of cases. 3 The characteristic findings","PeriodicalId":29898,"journal":{"name":"Sonography","volume":"70 1","pages":"43 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85789038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Knowledge and use of work‐related musculoskeletal disorder (WRMSD) prevention techniques in the daily practice of final‐year Australian sonography students: A cross‐sectional study 澳大利亚超声学生在日常实践中与工作相关的肌肉骨骼疾病(WRMSD)预防技术的知识和使用:一项横断面研究

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-10-08 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12334

Jacinta L. Felton, N. Kennedy, K. Thoirs, J. Alphonse, A. Quinton

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A rare coexistence of common atrium, univentricular atrioventricular connection, total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, and aortic atresia in an asymptomatic teenage girl 一例罕见的无症状少女同时存在普通心房、单室房室连接、完全异常肺静脉连接和主动脉闭锁

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-10-04 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12336

M. Nabati, Homa Parsaee

{"title":"A rare coexistence of common atrium, univentricular atrioventricular connection, total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, and aortic atresia in an asymptomatic teenage girl","authors":"M. Nabati, Homa Parsaee","doi":"10.1002/sono.12336","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12336","url":null,"abstract":"A functionally univentricular heart is used to describe a heart with inflow from two atrioventricular valves or a common atrioventricular valve draining into one ventricular chamber in which oxygenated and non-oxygenated blood are mixed together. It accounts for 1% of all congenital cardiac anomalies with a reported incidence of 0.05–0.1 per 10,000 live born babies. On the other hand, common atrium is a rare form of interatrial communication which occurs mainly with atrioventricular septal defect. Combination of common atrium and functionally univentricular heart is very rarely seen and is manifested with severe cyanosis and hypoxia. Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is another rare congenital heart anomaly in which all pulmonary veins are draining into the systemic veins, right atrium, or coronary sinus. Its incidence is estimated to be 2.2% of all congenital cardiac anomalies (0.008 of all live births). This anomaly can be seen in association with various types of cardiac malformations. Without cardiac surgery, most of involved infants cannot survive more than a few months of age. Patients with functionally univentricular heart and TAPVC are a considerably high risk group. The majority of cases of aortic valve atresia are reported in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Here, we report a very rare case of an unoperated 16-year-old girl who had these four congenital cardiac anomalies simultaneously: common atrium, functionally univentricular heart, supracardiac TAPVC with the pulmonary venous confluence draining by a vertical vein into the left brachiocephalic vein and then into the superior vena cava (SVC), and atretic aortic valve. To the best of our knowledge, such case has not been reported previously. 2 | CASE REPORT","PeriodicalId":29898,"journal":{"name":"Sonography","volume":"247 1","pages":"36 - 40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74894253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An unusual case of bilateral internal carotid artery occlusion—A case report 双侧颈内动脉闭塞1例报告

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12332

Beryl Oldham

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Burnout in the sonographic environment: The identification and exploration of the causes of sonographer burnout and strategies for prevention and control 超声环境下的职业倦怠:超声医师职业倦怠原因的识别与探讨及防治策略

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-09-10 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12333

Kerolloss Younan, D. Walkley, A. Quinton, J. Alphonse

{"title":"Burnout in the sonographic environment: The identification and exploration of the causes of sonographer burnout and strategies for prevention and control","authors":"Kerolloss Younan, D. Walkley, A. Quinton, J. Alphonse","doi":"10.1002/sono.12333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12333","url":null,"abstract":"Ultrasound is a diagnostic tool with many advantages, however, concerns over operator wellbeing have arisen in the last 20 years. Many sonographers experience burnout, which has the potential to cause financial loss for radiology clinics, and for sonographers, suboptimal examinations, high turnover and a reduced ability to communicate with patients. The aim of this narrative review was to explore, identify and categorise the causes of burnout in the sonography profession, and to identify burnout prevention and control strategies. A literature search was conducted through Central Queensland University library, accessing the following electronic databases; Wiley Online Library, Gale Academic, Ovid, Sagepub, CINAHL, Elsevier Science Direct, PubMed and ProQuest. Eight articles were reviewed. This study identified two key themes contributing to sonographer burnout: delivering adverse news and increased workload. Twelve causes of burnout were identified, with exposure to adverse news and time constraints the most commonly identified causes. In addition, other causes identified included managerial pressures to perform more scans/tasks within a short‐time frame, followed by the constant exposure to adverse news and the burden of delivering it to patients. Recommendations include considering reducing the required number of scans per week by increasing appointment times, counselling and skills training for adverse news delivery and use of technical assistants to perform soft tasks. Current literature relating to sonographer burnout appears isolated to the obstetrics domain with further study required on sonographer burnout in other fields of sonography, including burnout because of lack of career progression.","PeriodicalId":29898,"journal":{"name":"Sonography","volume":"23 1","pages":"175 - 185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90102927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Factors influencing duration of neonatal cranial ultrasound: A pilot study of retrospective data 影响新生儿颅超声持续时间的因素:回顾性资料的初步研究

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12320

Naomi Dare, Mary‐Anne Ramis

{"title":"Factors influencing duration of neonatal cranial ultrasound: A pilot study of retrospective data","authors":"Naomi Dare, Mary‐Anne Ramis","doi":"10.1002/sono.12320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12320","url":null,"abstract":"Thank you to the authors for their commentary and raising the important point of appropriate statistical model. Our project accurately identified significant differences between number of sonographers undertaking neonatal cranial ultrasound and overall scan duration, as well as between scan duration for babies with pathology present compared to those who had no pathology detected. We would like to reiterate that the impetus for this study was to conduct a single site examination of retrospective data to describe factors that influenced scan time in our context. We did receive advice from a statistician and study limitations are clearly reported in our published article. As suggested by the author of the letter to the editor, we conducted further analysis of our data. We agree that using general linear models (GLM) are useful for taking into consideration aspects of the data, which are problematic to standard regression analysis. As per our published paper we entered the variables of number of scan operators and presence of pathology into the model as these were two variables significantly correlated with the outcome variable of estimated scan duration. For the GLM, the variables were entered as main effects and with consideration of any interaction effect between presence of pathology and number of operators. The categorical variables had been recoded with dummy variables and were entered as fixed factors. The overall corrected model remained significant: R = .32; adjusted R = .31 (F = 30.95, df = 3, p = <.001). The GLM identified that when two operators conducted the scan, the average scan duration took significantly longer compared to","PeriodicalId":29898,"journal":{"name":"Sonography","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76373925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A case of lung point sign in a patient with pneumothorax under high frequency oscillatory ventilation 高频振荡通气下气胸患者肺点征1例

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12331

Issac Cheong

{"title":"A case of lung point sign in a patient with pneumothorax under high frequency oscillatory ventilation","authors":"Issac Cheong","doi":"10.1002/sono.12331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12331","url":null,"abstract":"Pneumothorax is a frequent problem seen in the intensive care unit (ICU). Lung ultrasound has demonstrated to be a useful method in the diagnosis of pneumothorax with high accuracy. The normal lung is characterized by the presence of lung sliding (Video 1). The pattern observed in pneumothorax by ultrasound are the abolition of lung sliding (Video 2) and the lung point sign (Video 3) which has been shown to have 100% specificity for its diagnosis. 1 The lung point sign is defined as an respiratory-synchronized change from lung sliding to no lung sliding in a specific location on the chest wall. 2 We present a case of pneumothorax with the lung point sign in a patient under high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV). A 16-year-old patient suffering respiratory insufficiency due to acute respiratory distress syndrome was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) requiring HFOV. Because he evolved with greater hypox-emia, we evaluated the lung with point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). It showed at the anterior right chest the presence of the lung point sign compatible with pneumothorax. Specially, the lung sliding pre-sented a high-frequency movement in accordance with its ventilator mode, which made the lung point sign so peculiar (Video 4). The diagnosis was confirmed by chest X-ray. The patient required the placement of a right pleural drainage tube, evolving with improved oxygenation. It should be noted that there are situations where ultrasonography may fail to correctly rule a pneumothorax in or out.","PeriodicalId":29898,"journal":{"name":"Sonography","volume":"33 1","pages":"45 - 46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81446380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A critical appraisal of chronic venous insufficiency ultrasound guidelines—Views of Australian sonographers 慢性静脉功能不全超声指南的关键评价-澳大利亚超声医师的观点

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Sonography Pub Date : 2022-08-09 DOI: 10.1002/sono.12330

Gaorui Liu, Xiao Ke Rena Xu, Robert W. Ziegenbein, A. Clough, Yana Parsi, D. Oomens, Jillian L. Clarke

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