Musculoskeletal

This 49-year-old male presents with right wrist pain and deformity following a motor vehicle accident.

This 69-year-old female with history of uterine cancer presents with right posterior knee pain. Please use sonography to examine her left and right popliteal fossas for a DVT.

This study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine aimed to assess the potential benefits of ultrasound for distal radius fracture manipulation and reduction.

SONOSIM SUMMARY: This study published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine illustrated that emergency physicians demonstrate high levels of proficiency when using ultrasound to facilitate lumbar puncture. In the study, emergency physicians were able to quickly locate multiple anatomical landmarks significant to performing the procedure. Ferre RM, Sweeney TW. Emergency physicians can easily obtain …

SONOSIM SUMMARY: In this prospective randomized study, two groups of emergency department patients with shoulder dislocations received either ketamine sedation analgesia or an ultrasound-guided suprascapular nerve block to facilitate shoulder reduction. Results demonstrated that patients in the group which underwent ultrasound-guided nerve blocks had a significantly shorter emergency department stay. Additionally, no statistical significance was …

SONOSIM SUMMARY: In this prospective study, injuries of the foot that demonstrated fifth metatarsal tenderness were imaged with both ultrasound and plain radiographs in an attempt to gauge the accuracy of ultrasound for the detection of fifth metatarsal fractures. Ultrasound ultimately exhibited a high sensitivity and specificity for fifth metatarsal fractures in comparison plain radiographs, …

SONOSIM SUMMARY: This study in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine aimed to assess the accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosing long bone fractures in the setting of trauma.

SONOSIM SUMMARY: This longitudinal study provides insight into the detection, recovery, and prognosis of thigh muscle injuries in professional soccer players. Qualifying injuries were assessed with both magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography over the course of one year. Results demonstrated that ultrasound can be an effective modality for detecting and characterizing strain and tear injuries …