Abstract: Pneumothorax (PTX) occurs when air is introduced within the pleural space, separating the chest wall and the lung. Lung ultrasound imaging can be used to rapidly assess for PTX through the ...

Patients who received a focused ultrasound treatment to aid drug delivery increased their odds of surviving the deadliest form of brain cancer by nearly 40%, according to a study led by University of ...

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Currently, lung ultrasound (LUS) is widely used worldwide for the diagnosing conditions such as neonatal pneumothorax (PTX) and pleural effusion, which are both common conditions during the neonatal ...

Cannulation is a procedure of inserting a flexible tube (catheter) into the blood vessels to administer medication or to monitor hemodynamics. Inserting catheters into the major veins near the ...

The POCUS-guided, percutaneous bedside biopsy program had a diagnostic yield of 86.3% and a complication rate of 0.6%. Point-of-care ultrasound-guided thoracic (POCUS-THOR) biopsies performed in an ...

The skull is so effective at protecting the brain that it has impeded the progress of neuroscience. In particular: A nice, thick skull poses challenges for imaging the brain in natural environments or ...

Emergency rescue scenes and pre-hospital emergency stages commonly encounter trauma victims. Life-saving measures must be taken at the scene if a trauma patient has pneumothorax; if the patient is not ...

If you are a parent, then you probably first laid eyes on your child through an ultrasound procedure—the technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to view soft tissue. It is undeniably one of ...

This article was originally posted Aug. 04, 2023. It has been updated with additional information, including resources, a video and products for treating a sucking chest wound. Thoracic trauma/chest ...

A new survey by the European Society of Paediatric Research (ESPR) has examined how widely lung ultrasound is used in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across Europe to better understand what it ...