Pediatric POCUS Podcast Tama Thé

"If I do an ultrasound before an LP on an infant, would that increase my success rate?"On the show today, we sit down with Dr. Jeffrey Neal from Boston Children's Hospital to talk about The Effect of Bedside Ultrasonographic Skin Marking on Infant Lumbar Puncture Success: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Contact at Tama.The@gmail.comWorks cited:Neal JT, Kaplan SL, Woodford AL, Desai K, Zorc JJ, Chen AE. The Effect of Bedside Ultrasonographic Skin Marking on Infant Lumbar Puncture Success: A&amp...

"When should I consider using Ultrasound when working up a child with a soft tissue infection?"On the show today, we sit down with Dr. Sam Lam, recent research director for the P2 Network and PI of the multi-center pediatric soft-tissue ultrasound study, published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine. Works cited:Lam SHF, Sivitz A, Alade K, et al. Comparison of Ultrasound Guidance vs. Clinical Assessment Alone for Management of Pediatric Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. The Journal...

In a very special journal club, we team up with Dr. Resa E. Lewiss and the FEMinEM podcast to answer the question: "In children awaiting a radiology-performed transabdominal pelvic ultrasound, can point-of-care ultrasound decrease time to radiology and improve first-attempt success compared to sensation of bladder fullness?"We sit down with Dr. Almaz Dessie, first author on the recent RCT published in Annals of Emergency Medicine titled Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of Bladder Fullness ...

We sit down with Dr. Ron Berant, the current president of the P2 Network as he describes why the P2 Network was created, what it has been up to, and where it is going in the next year. For more on the P2 network, head over to p2network.com.Click here for the article Consensus Core Point‐of‐care Ultrasound Applications for Pediatric Emergency Medicine TrainingClick here for the article Evaluation of Ventricle Size Measurements in Infants by Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians.Otherwi...

Today’s episode is all about a brand-new clinical assessment tool for PEM POCUS that’s rolling out this June. Dr. Kiyetta Alade and her colleagues are offering the exam free of charge, however, the test will only be available for a few short days! I sat down with Dr. Alade who told me about the years long process it took to get here. We recorded in a small room at the SAEM conference in Las Vegas, so I apologize for the background noise.If you are interested in learning more about...