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{"title":"Reproducibility and feasibility of a handheld ultrasound device compared to a standard ultrasound machine in muscle thickness measurements","authors":"Abdulrahman M. Alfuraih,&nbsp;Mohammed A. Alqarni,&nbsp;Hamad S. Alhuthaili,&nbsp;Meshal Y. Mubaraki,&nbsp;Nader N. Alotaibi,&nbsp;Fahad M. Almusalim","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12333","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12333","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To test the feasibility and reproducibility of a handheld ultrasound device (HUD) compared to a standard ultrasound machine for muscle thickness measurements in healthy participants.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A prospective cross-sectional study was designed where two novice operators tested the thickness of the vastus lateralis, rectus femoris, and vastus intermedius muscles on recruited asymptomatic participants with no history of muscle diseases. The anterior–posterior thickness of each muscle was measured three times per operator to evaluate intra-operator reproducibility and using two machines to evaluate inter-system reproducibility. Scanning started using the HUD followed by the standard system. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and simple linear regression were used to test for reproducibility and proportional bias respectively.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 33 male participants volunteered to take part in this study with a mean age of 22.7 years (6.8). Intra-operator reproducibility was almost perfect for both operators on both machines (ICC &gt; 0.80). The measurements difference percentage between the machines ranged from 1.8% to 6.6% and inter-system reproducibility ICC ranged from 0.815 to 0.927 showing excellent reproducibility. Inter-operator reproducibility was poor to moderate on both machines (ICC: 0.522–0.849). Regression analysis showed no proportional bias in the measurements. All measurements were completed successfully using the HUD.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The HUD demonstrated excellent accuracy compared to the standard ultrasound machine for measuring thigh muscle thickness.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"26 1","pages":"13-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajum.12333","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9171991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to “anomalous vasculature in the neck diagnosed by ultrasound”","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12328","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12328","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sarah Constantine, Denise Roach. Anomalous vasculature in the neck diagnosed by ultrasound. Austr J Ultr Med 2020;23(4):264–268.</p><p>In this article, the following Ethical Approval statement was omitted and has been added now.</p><p>“This case study arises from a larger research study for which the patient provided written informed consent. This study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee.”</p><p>We apologise for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"26 1","pages":"67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10030085/pdf/AJUM-26-67.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9520140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum to ‘How bad can life be? A case of concurrent cardiac tamponade and pulmonary embolus’","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12329","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12329","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Anis Ta′eed, Ai-Ming Wong, John Mulder, Yang Yang. How bad can life be? A case of concurrent cardiac tamponade and pulmonary embolus. Austr J Ultr Med 2020;23(2):140–143.</p><p>In this article, the following Written Consent statement was missed and has been added now.</p><p>‘Written consent has been obtained for this case to be published’.</p><p>We apologise for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"26 1","pages":"68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10030084/pdf/AJUM-26-68.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9536112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evolution in training in ultrasound","authors":"Gillian Whalley","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12326","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12326","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When I started to learn sonography, I remember my training was informal, largely on patients, and very specific to the supervisor's skills and approaches. There was little standardisation and protocols, and much was ‘borrowed’ from overseas departments where our first leaders and mentors had trained themselves. We learnt on the job, and, on real patients. The pathology was opportunistic and dependent on the nature of the hospital. The caseloads were also much lower as clinical efficacy data were only emerging. These days, it seems every patient gets an ultrasound, and every doctor is learning to use ultrasound. This changes both the way we teach sonography and how ultrasound is used to diagnose cases.</p><p>Today, many ultrasound diagnoses are first made in the emergency room, and in this issue of the AJUM, Elsayed <i>et al</i>.<span>¹</span> present compelling data showing that advanced trainees in Emergency Medicine highly value ultrasound in their clinical management and training, yet significant barriers to both training and credentialling exist, that are both perceived and real. They propose structured internal training systems are needed to overcome these hurdles, including time restrictions, access to training and technical challenges. It is no longer good enough to learn opportunistically from supportive colleagues.</p><p>In the face of similar staff resource limitations, Peters <i>et al</i>.<span>²</span> investigated the role of remote supervision for ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation by new users (in this case junior medical staff). By reducing the need for direct supervision, they found that remote supervision increased the number of available supervisors yet had no significant impact on success rates.</p><p>Of course, training in ultrasound is one aspect, but exposure to pathology is yet another essential step in a sonographer's training journey: one needs to see and recognise pathology. In this issue of AJUM, Rathbun <i>et al</i>.<span>³</span> present another simulated training opportunity: describe how to make a ‘homemade’ aortic aneurysm and dissection phantom. It provides an inexpensive solution that any department could manufacture in order to teach the appearance of aortic pathology. It facilitates familiarisation with the ultrasound appearances before scanning suspected rare, yet potentially life-threatening, clinical cases.</p><p>Ultrasound has an important, and often primary, role to play in diagnosing rare pathology, but rarely do any of us see enough cases. That is why it is essential that we share our experience such as this 10-year retrospective review of nontubal ectopic pregnancies by Loh <i>et al</i>.<span>⁴</span> Ectopic pregnancies (1% of all pregnancies) are commonly diagnosed by ultrasound, and since most are tubal, an understanding of the appearances and outcome of nontubal pregnancies is of course outside of the everyday practice of many operato","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"25 4","pages":"159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9644441/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40715555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Issue Information","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/scs.13004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.13004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42959161","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}

{"title":"Prediction of testicular atrophy based on sonographic findings immediately after successful manual detorsion","authors":"Takahiro Hosokawa,&nbsp;Aiko Urushibara,&nbsp;Yutaka Tanami,&nbsp;Yumiko Sato,&nbsp;Tetsuya Ishimaru,&nbsp;Kensuke Ohashi,&nbsp;Hiroshi Kawashima,&nbsp;Eiji Oguma","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12325","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12325","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To investigate and determine the sonographic findings obtained from manually distorted testes to predict testicular atrophy following manual detorsion.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Twenty-two patients who had been diagnosed with testicular torsion and undergone manual detorsion were included. These patients were classified according to the presence or absence of testicular atrophy. The duration of symptoms, presence or absence of hyperperfusion within the entire affected testis, and echogenicity (homogeneous or heterogeneous) within the affected testis were compared using the Mann–Whitney U-test or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Testicular atrophy was detected in seven patients. There was a significant difference in the frequency of hyperperfusion within the entire affected testis (with atrophy [present/absent] vs. without atrophy [present/absent] = 0/7 vs. 8/7, P = 0.023) between patients with and without testicular atrophy. No significant differences in the duration of symptoms (with atrophy vs. without atrophy = 7 ± 3.3 h vs. 4.7 ± 3.6 h, P = 0.075) or frequency of echogenicity within the testis (with atrophy [heterogeneous/homogeneous] vs. without atrophy [heterogeneous/homogeneous] = 2/5 vs. 2/13, P = 0.565) were observed between the groups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This small cohort study suggests that the presence of hyperperfusion within the entire affected testis immediately after successful manual detorsion is useful in predicting the avoidance of testicular atrophy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"26 1","pages":"26-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajum.12325","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9171992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of focused cardiac and lung ultrasound screening performed by a junior doctor during admission to the surgical ward on patients before emergency non-cardiac surgery: A pilot prospective observational study","authors":"Cliff Wong,&nbsp;Rukman Vijayakumar,&nbsp;David J Canty,&nbsp;Colin F Royse,&nbsp;Yang Yang,&nbsp;Alistair G Royse,&nbsp;Johan Heiberg","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12321","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12321","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To assess whether pre-operative focused cardiac ultrasound and lung ultrasound screening performed by a junior doctor can change diagnosis and clinical management of patients aged ≥65 years undergoing emergency, non-cardiac surgery.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This pilot prospective observational study included patients scheduled for emergency, non-cardiac surgery. The treating team completed a diagnosis and management plan before and after focused cardiac and lung ultrasound, which was performed by a junior doctor. Changes to diagnosis and management after ultrasound were recorded. Ultrasound images were assessed for image and diagnostic interpretation by an independent expert.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>There was a total of 57 patients at age 77 ± 8 years. Cardiopulmonary pathology was suspected after clinical assessment in 28% vs. 72% after ultrasound (including abnormal haemodynamic state in 61%, valvular lesions in 32%, acute pulmonary oedema/interstitial syndrome in 9% and bilateral pleural effusions in 2%). In 67% of patients, the perioperative management was changed. The changes were in fluid therapy in 30%, cardiology consultation in 7%, formal in- or out-patient, transthoracic echocardiography in 11% and 30% respectively.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Discussion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The impact of pre-operative focused cardiac and lung ultrasound on diagnosis and management of patients on the hospital ward before emergency non-cardiac surgery by a junior doctor was comparable to previous studies of anaesthetists experienced in focused ultrasound. However, the ability to recognise when image quality is insufficient for diagnosis is an important consideration for novice sonographers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Focused cardiac and lung ultrasound examination by a junior doctor is feasible and may change preoperative diagnosis and management in patients of 65 years or older, admitted for emergency non-cardiac surgery.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"26 2","pages":"75-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajum.12321","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9547749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neonatal and paediatric point-of-care ultrasound review","authors":"Stephanie Pan,&nbsp;Carole Lin,&nbsp;Ban C. H. Tsui","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12322","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12322","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) examinations for children and newborns are different from POCUS exams for adults due to dissimilarities in size and body composition, as well as distinct surgical procedures and pathologies in the paediatric patient. This review describes the major paediatric POCUS exams and how to perform them and summarizes the current evidence-based perioperative applications of POCUS in paediatric and neonatal patients.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Literature searches using PubMed and Google Scholar databases for the period from January 2000 to November 2021 that included MeSH headings of [ultrasonography] and [point of care systems] and keywords including “ultrasound” for studies involving children aged 0 to 18 years.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Paediatric and neonatal POCUS exams can evaluate airway, gastric, pulmonary, cardiac, abdominal, vascular, and cerebral systems.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Discussion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>POCUS is rapidly expanding in its utility and presence in the perioperative care of paediatric and neonatal patients as their anatomy and pathophysiology are uniquely suited for ultrasound imaging applications that extend beyond the standard adult POCUS exams.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Paediatric POCUS is a powerful adjunct that complements and augments clinical diagnostic evaluation and treatment.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"26 1","pages":"46-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10030095/pdf/AJUM-26-46.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9171379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The correlation between different ultrasound planes and computed tomography measures of abdominal aortic aneurysms","authors":"Brigid G Hill,&nbsp;Rossi Holloway,&nbsp;Joyce Lim,&nbsp;Kari Clifford,&nbsp;Sarah Lesche,&nbsp;James Letts,&nbsp;Jolanda Krysa","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12319","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12319","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ultrasound measurements of the aorta are typically taken in the axial plane, with the transducer perpendicular to the aorta, and diameter measurements are obtained by placing the callipers from the anterior to the posterior wall and the transverse right to the left side of the aorta. While the ‘conventional’ anteroposterior walls in both sagittal and transverse plains may be suitable for aneurysms with less complicated geometry, there is controversy regarding the suitability of this approach for complicated, particularly tortuous aneurysms, as they may offer a more challenging situation. Previous work undertaken within our research group found that when training inexperienced users of ultrasound, they demonstrated more optimal calliper placement to the abdominal aorta when approached from a decubitus window to obtain a coronal image compared to the traditional ultrasound approach.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Purpose</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To observe the level of agreement in real-world reporting between computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound measurements in three standard planes; transverse AP, sagittal AP and coronal (left to right) infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diameter.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methodology</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This is a retrospective review of the Otago Vascular Diagnostics database for AAA, where ultrasound and CT diameter data, available within 90 days of each other, were compared. In addition to patient demographics, the infrarenal aorta ultrasound diameter measurements in transverse AP and sagittal AP, along with a coronal decubitus image of the aorta was collected. No transverse measurement was performed from the left to the right of the aorta.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Three hundred twenty-five participants (238 males, mean age 76.4 ± 7.5) were included. Mean ultrasound outer to the outer wall, transverse AP and sagittal AP diameters were 48.7 ± 10.5 mm and 48.9 ± 9.9 mm, respectively. The coronal diameter measurement of the aorta from left to right was 53.9 ± 12.8 mm in the left decubitus window. The mean ultrasound max was 54.3 ± 12.6 mm. The mean CT diameter measurement was 55.6 ± 12.7 mm. Correlation between the CT max and ultrasound max was <i>r</i>² = 0.90, and CT with the coronal measurement <i>r</i>² = 0.90, CT and AP transverse was r2=0.80, and CT with AP sagittal measurement was <i>r</i>² = 0.77.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"26 1","pages":"5-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajum.12319","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9171377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Emergency medicine trainees' perceived barriers to training and credentialing in point-of-care ultrasound: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Tarek Elsayed,&nbsp;Peter J. Snelling,&nbsp;Erin J. Stirling,&nbsp;Stuart Watkins","doi":"10.1002/ajum.12317","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajum.12317","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an important tool in emergency medicine (EM), with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) recommending core modalities as part of fellowship training. In Australia, acquisition of these skills is certified <i>via</i> credentialing but is currently poorly undertaken by EM trainees.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We performed a cross-sectional survey of EM trainees across two academic teaching hospitals in Gold Coast, Queensland, between December 2018 and January 2019, to determine the current state of training and perceived barriers to credentialing in POCUS.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Fifty-two (59%) eligible EM trainees participated. Although credentialing rates (15%) were low amongst respondents, the majority agreed that it was necessary (69%) and should form part of ACEM training (88%). Amongst these trainees, we identified the desire for increased POCUS training and several barriers including time constraints and the credentialing process itself.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although there is general agreement amongst EM trainees for POCUS credentialing, barriers such as time limitations and technical difficulties were prohibitive for many. We propose the development of an internal structured POCUS training programme within mandatory training time to address these issues.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":36517,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine","volume":"25 4","pages":"160-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9644443/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40715556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}