Dear Ultrasound Insider,
In this edition's Insider Exclusive, ultrasound veteran Dr. Jason Birnholz returns with a new chapter in his popular Practice of Ultrasound series. In part 6, Dr. Birnholz delves into shear-wave elastography and reflects on the technology's history and current clinical utility.
To access his latest column before it's published for the rest of our AuntMinnie.com members, click here.
We also have the final article in a four-part series on increasing fitness to help sonographers prevent and overcome work-related musculoskeletal injuries. In part 4, cardiac sonographer Doug Wuebben, Cleveland Browns strength coach Mark Roozen, and Colorado Mammoth strength coach Joel Raether discuss wrist flexion and extension, the pinch grip, improper seating and sitting postures, and the risk of not moving enough.
In other news in your Ultrasound Digital Community, Danish researchers have found that it's most cost-effective to screen twice for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Another Danish team concluded, though, that screening people with alcoholic liver damage for signs of cancer may not be worth it. Get the details here.
While overall positive predictive value is low, handheld screening breast ultrasound can help detect small mammographically occult breast cancers in women with dense breasts, according to a team from Yale University School of Medicine. For the article, click here.
Meanwhile, keepsake ultrasound has drawn attention in Canada, where reporters from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation used hidden cameras to visit 22 keepsake 3D ultrasound clinics. What did they find? Click here to find out.
Finally, incomplete abdominal ultrasound documentation was shown to lead to revenue loss at many practices. And find out why getting back to basics may be best for breast ultrasound.
Do you have an idea for a topic you'd like to see covered? As always, please feel free to drop me a line.
