Case stories that stick

We are all afraid of missing the diagnosis of an aortic dissection in our medical careers. But what if we flip the situation around?

Today, we’d like to present you with a case of an infant born at an extremely low gestational age. The newborn's condition suddenly deteriorated and required resuscitation. The infant had severe bradycardia with a heart rate of only 40 beats per minute and an oxygen saturation that fluctuated between 20 and 40%. Despite extensive resuscitation efforts, including chest compressions and administration of epinephrine, saline, and bicarbonate correction, there was minimal improvement.

Read more about how point-of-care ultrasound can help save lives in the prehospital setting!

Case: Severe aortoiliac occlusion discovered in a 45-year-old's first arterial duplex exam.

At times in the echo lab, we have to look beyond the heart's borders. Check out this interesting case!

Do you know which of the statements about the definition of stage 1 pancreatic cancer are correct?

What is meant by the “bat sign” in ultrasound?

Echocardiography primarily zeroes in on the heart, but did you know it can also detect non-cardiac anomalies like hepatic cysts?

With the help of M-Mode it is possible to make interesting teaching points.

In this post, we'll delve into the importance of using Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) by presenting a real patient case who needed umbilical vein catheterization.