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Sonosite launched their all-new, premium point-of-care ultrasound system on September 26, 2022 in the UK. Since then, it has been trialled in many departments by doctors and clinicians on the front line of health, to gain valuable feedback. One month later on October 26, 2022, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow became the first hospital […]

Dr Alexandros Mallios, vascular surgeon at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris has been using ultrasound-guided percutaneous arteriovenous fistula access in patients undergoing haemodialysis. Dr Mallios says he believes point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) should be the standard of care for planning, creating and puncture of vascular access in all patients. “I work predominantly in haemodialysis, and […]

The impact of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) assessment on patients admitted to the short stay geriatric unit at Cimiez Hospital has been assessed as part of the GERICARE clinical research programme. Dr Nicolas Azulay reports that the results were positive. A general medicine doctor specialising in scheduled and emergency ultrasound examinations at the University Hospitals of […]

India and south east Asia are home to the endangered Asian elephant, which is rapidly declining in numbers due to poaching and habitat destruction. Green Hill Valley park in Myanmar is home to eight elephants that had previously worked in the logging industry. Veterinary advisor to the Elephant Taxon Advisory Group Willem Schaftenaar and colleagues […]

Radboud University Medical Centre (UMC) in the Netherlands has been working with the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Tanzania for a number of years, offering support and education. Clinicians from the UMC department of anaesthesia have been developing the provision of anaesthesia at KCMC, as well as a programme to teach staff about its […]

The potential of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for timely assessment and swift diagnosis in a primary care setting continues to attract GPs and Dr Pere Guirado, a doctor in Cataluña, Spain, is a long-standing advocate. “The reaction of patients to being scanned at their local GP practice, or in their own home, has been entirely positive […]

Evangelisches Krankenhaus Unna, a district hospital in Germany, has a certified stroke unit and a trauma centre. It sees more than 20,000 patients a year in its emergency department where point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an indispensable tool, particularly for the acute care of severely injured patients admitted to the resuscitation room. Lead consultant Dr […]

Vanessa Wickens from Sonosite (left) and Dr Jennifer Hanko demonstrate the use of POC ultrasound. Point-of-care (POC) ultrasound is widely used in nephrology for guiding the creation of fistulas and informing decisions on their viability and performance for dialysis.  Consultant nephrologist at Belfast City Hospital Dr Jennifer Hanko explained its impact on her clinical practice […]