Seeing the Invisible: Bedside Ultrasound and the Effusion You Cannot Afford to Miss
A patient with end-stage kidney disease on hemodialysis was admitted with pneumonia. The individual had a chronic tracheostomy and PEG tube and came from a nursing facility. Nephrology was following […]
Essential Cardiac Doppler Formulae for the Advanced POCUS user
Here are some commonly used cardiac POCUS formulae that can be useful when learning advanced Doppler techniques, whether you’re a nephrologist or an intensivist. A few quick notes before we […]
Am I Really Looking at the IVC?
In the last post, we talked about IVC views. You might be wondering, “Why so many posts about the inferior vena cava?” Well, here’s the thing—I’m all for advanced hemodynamics […]
Inferior vena cava: sonographic views and planes
Inferior vena cava (IVC) ultrasound is undoubtedly popular, but it’s not without its share of misconceptions and knowledge gaps—like the common myth that IVC ultrasound directly measures volume status, which […]
Making the Most of the Subxiphoid Window
I’ve previously talked about a case that highlights just how much information subxiphoid views can provide. We often think it’s easy to get great cardiac views in thin patients, but […]
Parasternal long axis: quiz time!
So, you’ve attended a nephrology POCUS workshop and feel confident in your knowledge of cardiac sonographic anatomy. Below are a couple of Twitter polls asking to identify a structure posterior […]
A plethoric IVC or something else?
I shared this image on Twitter (X), asking to identify the anechoic area marked with an arrow. On the left side, there’s an M-mode image showing the long axis view […]
Pericardial effusion in a dialysis patient: Things to observe on Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
Here are images from a dialysis patient with pericardial effusion demonstrating echocardiographic signs of tamponade. Please go through this post on Renal Fellow Network for detailed description. Repeat images obtained […]
Pulsatile vessel: carotid artery or internal jugular vein?
I recently shared an image on Twitter, asking viewers to identify whether the pulsating vessel was the internal jugular (IJ) vein or the carotid artery. Out of the 902 respondents, […]