Valentino Dammassa, Francesco Corradi, Costanza Natalia Julia Colombo, Francesco Mojoli, Susanna Price, Guido Tavazzi
{"title":"Pulmonary artery acceleration time accuracy for systolic pulmonary artery pressure estimation in critically ill patients.","authors":"Valentino Dammassa, Francesco Corradi, Costanza Natalia Julia Colombo, Francesco Mojoli, Susanna Price, Guido Tavazzi","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00276-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00276-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Estimation of pulmonary pressures is of key importance in acute cardiovascular and respiratory failure. Pulmonary artery acceleration time (PAAT) has emerged as reliable parameter for the estimation of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) in cardiological population with preserved right ventricular function. We sought to find whether PAAT correlates with sPAP in critically ill patients with and without right ventricular (RV) systolic dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Observational study. We measured sPAP using continuous-wave Doppler analysis of tricuspid regurgitation velocity peak method and we assessed the validity of PAAT in estimating sPAP in patients admitted to adult intensive care unit (ICU) for acute cardiovascular and respiratory failure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We enrolled 236 patients admitted to cardiothoracic ICU for cardiovascular and respiratory failure (respectively: 129, 54.7% and 107, 45.3%). 114 (48.3%) had preserved RV systolic function (defined as TAPSE ≥ 17 mm), whilst 122 (51.7%) had RV systolic impairment (defined as TAPSE < 17 mm). A weak inverse correlation between PAAT and sPAP (ρ-0.189, p 0.0035) was observed in overall population, which was confirmed in those with preserved RV systolic PAAT and sPAP (ρ-0.361, p 0.0001). In patients with impaired RV systolic function no statistically significant correlation between PAAT and sPAP was demonstrated (p 0.2737). Adjusting PAAT values for log<sub>10</sub>, heart rate and RV ejection time did not modify the abovementioned correlations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PAAT measurement to derive sPAP is not reliable in cardiothoracic critically ill patients, particularly in the coexistence of RV systolic impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":"26"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9209611/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40071291","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}
C. Brunner, S. Schreiber, M. Bokemeyer, G. Ransmayr, W. Struhal, E. Olbert, Naela Alhani, M. Vosko
{"title":"Value of ultrasound fusion imaging in detecting vascular cerebral white matter pathology","authors":"C. Brunner, S. Schreiber, M. Bokemeyer, G. Ransmayr, W. Struhal, E. Olbert, Naela Alhani, M. Vosko","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00275-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00275-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45482241","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":"A proposed framework for point of care lung ultrasound by respiratory physiotherapists: scope of practice, education and governance","authors":"Mike Smith, S. Hayward, S. Innes","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00266-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00266-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46614936","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}
Z. Dewar, Stephanie Ko, Cameron Rogers, Alexis Oropallo, Andy Augustine, Ankitha Pamula, Christopher L. Berry
{"title":"Prehospital portable ultrasound for safe and accurate prehospital needle thoracostomy: a pilot educational study","authors":"Z. Dewar, Stephanie Ko, Cameron Rogers, Alexis Oropallo, Andy Augustine, Ankitha Pamula, Christopher L. Berry","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00270-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00270-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43842007","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}
Raham Bacha, Syed Amir Gilani, Asif Hanif, Iqra Manzoor
{"title":"Interobserver agreement on the sonographic severity grading of shoulder impingement syndrome.","authors":"Raham Bacha, Syed Amir Gilani, Asif Hanif, Iqra Manzoor","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00272-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13089-022-00272-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Shoulder impingement syndrome is the painful entrapment of the soft tissues between the acromion and the humeral head. The severity of shoulder impingement could be graded according to the limitation of shoulder joint moment. The reliability of sonographic findings in the grading of shoulder impingement severity grading is required to be evaluated by the consistency of findings between the observers.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To assess the interobserver agreement in the sonographic severity grading of shoulder impingement syndrome with the help of a ratio between acromion-to-greater tuberosity distance in the abduction and neutral arm position.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Patients were examined by two independent observers in the coronal approach with neutral arm position. Acromion-to-greater tuberosity distance was measured in abduction and neutral shoulder position. The ratios of the distances in the abduction and neutral position were calculated to grade the severity of shoulder impingement syndrome.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 78 shoulders were included in this study. A strong agreement was found for the grading of shoulder impingement severity grading between the two independent observers with Kappa value of 0.94. And correlation between the results of the two observers for the severity grading of shoulder impingement syndrome was significant at 0.01 level.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Severity grading of the shoulder impingement syndrome was performed based on the ratio of acromion-to-greater tuberosity distance in abduction and neutral arm position. However, the sonographic findings were consistent and a strong interobserver agreement was seen in this sonographic severity grading.</p>","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9160167/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48334396","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}
P. Dell'aquila, P. Raimondo, V. Racanelli, P. De Luca, S. De Matteis, A. Pistone, Rosa Melodia, L. Crudele, Daniela Lomazzo, Antonio Giovanni Solimando, A. Moschetta, A. Vacca, S. Grasso, V. Procacci, D. Orso, L. Vetrugno
{"title":"Integrated lung ultrasound score for early clinical decision-making in patients with COVID-19: results and implications","authors":"P. Dell'aquila, P. Raimondo, V. Racanelli, P. De Luca, S. De Matteis, A. Pistone, Rosa Melodia, L. Crudele, Daniela Lomazzo, Antonio Giovanni Solimando, A. Moschetta, A. Vacca, S. Grasso, V. Procacci, D. Orso, L. Vetrugno","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00264-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00264-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45753330","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}
Adi Osman, A. H. Ahmad, N. S. Shamsudin, M. F. Baherin, Chan Pei Fong
{"title":"A novel in-plane technique ultrasound-guided pericardiocentesis via subcostal approach","authors":"Adi Osman, A. H. Ahmad, N. S. Shamsudin, M. F. Baherin, Chan Pei Fong","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00271-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00271-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46159255","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}
Héctor Andrés Ruiz Ávila, Hans Fred García-Araque, Estivalis Acosta-Gutiérrez
{"title":"Paradoxical venous air embolism detected with point-of-care ultrasound: a case report","authors":"Héctor Andrés Ruiz Ávila, Hans Fred García-Araque, Estivalis Acosta-Gutiérrez","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00265-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00265-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43433786","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}
Matthew S. Haldeman, Evaristo Kunka, M. Makasa, Bassim Birkland
{"title":"Resident perception on the impact of point-of-care ultrasound in clinical care at a family medicine training program in Zambia","authors":"Matthew S. Haldeman, Evaristo Kunka, M. Makasa, Bassim Birkland","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00273-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00273-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46834489","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}
N. Soni, Robert Nathanson, M. Andreae, R. Khosla, Karthik Vadamalai, Karthik Kode, J. Boyd, Charles M. LoPresti, D. Resop, Z. Basrai, Jason P. Williams, B. Bales, H. Sauthoff, Erin Wetherbee, Elizabeth K Haro, Natalie Smith, Michael J. Mader, Jacqueline A. Pugh, E. Finley, C. Schott
{"title":"Development of a multisystem point of care ultrasound skills assessment checklist","authors":"N. Soni, Robert Nathanson, M. Andreae, R. Khosla, Karthik Vadamalai, Karthik Kode, J. Boyd, Charles M. LoPresti, D. Resop, Z. Basrai, Jason P. Williams, B. Bales, H. Sauthoff, Erin Wetherbee, Elizabeth K Haro, Natalie Smith, Michael J. Mader, Jacqueline A. Pugh, E. Finley, C. Schott","doi":"10.1186/s13089-022-00268-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-022-00268-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36911,"journal":{"name":"Ultrasound Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2022-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41509103","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}