Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
After our last post on 'how to estimate the right atrial pressure', we received questions from our readers. What do we do if we cannot assess the IVC? What if the patient is on a vent? This week we will answer those questions.
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Why estimate...
Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
October, is Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month (MUAM), a time when we stop to recognize and celebrate sonographers. Therefore, this week we are bringing attention to sonographer musculoskeletal disease with a focus on pain free scanning. According to SDMS, 90% of clinical sonogaphers experience...
Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
Now that diastology is a mandated part of the scanning protocol for all of our accreditation clients, we are starting to see more diastology measurement errors. We thought that sharing these errors may help others to avoid them. This week, we will review correct tissue Doppler measurement...
Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
We recently reviewed a case during a local hospital quality improvement meeting that required us to assess whether or not there was prosthetic aortic valve stenosis. It was interesting to touch up on the key parameters that should be assessed. This week we will review the key points...
Written by Judith Buckland, MBA, RDCS, FASE
60/60
Echo Sign
Last month we presented Echo in Pulmonary Embolism. One of the echo findings associated with acute pulmonary embolism is the echo 60/60 sign. What is the echo 60/60 sign? This week we will learn the features of the 60/60 sign in echocardiography and its...
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