Dear Ultrasound Insider,
Ultraportable ultrasound technology offers many benefits, such as making it easier for practitioners without much experience in the modality to perform targeted ultrasound exams in the field.
But there may be even more fascinating possibilities when ultraportable units are employed by physicians within hospitals, according to this month's Insider Exclusive article.
In part 24 of his popular Practice of Ultrasound series, ultrasound luminary Dr. Jason Birnholz shares his recent experience with an ultraportable ultrasound scanner in clinical practice. You can access his thought-provoking conclusions before our regular members can by clicking here.
In other features in your Ultrasound Community, a large U.K. study has concluded that current ultrasound screening programs for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are likely to miss most acute AAAs. Click here to find out why.
While more than half of adult women in the U.S. will develop clinical cardiovascular disease, standard risk assessment tools classify most middle-aged women as low risk. However, ultrasound measurements of carotid intima-media thickness can identify asymptomatic cardiovascular disease in these "low-risk" women, according to a recent study from researchers in Arizona. Click here for all of the details.
Finally, a study from a team at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, has concluded that a predictive scoring system that combines both echocardiography and clinical data can reliably estimate three-year death rates in critical care unit patients.
Is there a topic you'd like to see covered? As always, please feel free to drop me a line.
