Ultrasound GEL

GEL Live! Podcast Palooza

Delia and Creagh travel to Houston, Texas to regale audience members of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) Scientific Assembly with their tales of ultrasound literature misadventures.

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/170

BlockHeads

Mike chats with two special guests representing the BlockHeads - a collaborative group dedicated to furthering the use of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in the emergent setting. Find out what they have been up to and how you can join in!

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/169

Bronchiolitis

The GEL Jr crew back with a topical episode on bronchiolitis. When you scan the lungs of these kids what do you see, and more importantly.... what does it mean??

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/168
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37897916/

Bubble Time

It's bubble time! This fascinating paper investigates counting the number of seconds that bubbles can be seen in right side of the heart after a flush as a means to diagnose right heart failure.

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/167
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38597847/

Lightning Talks

GEL x SCUF back again! This year at the annual meeting of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, the GEL team interviews several up-and-coming leaders in POCUS about a variety of fascinating topics.

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/166

Biplane Needle Guidance

Are two planes better than one? Creagh, Mike, and Jailyn investigate a paper on biplane technology for placing central venous catheters.

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/165
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37742018/

Transgluteal Hydrodissection

In this Bonus Cut author interview, Zack and Mike go off the rails by interviewing the author of a case series describing a fascinating and mysterious procedure - the transgluteal hydrodissection! Guest Gabe Rose gives us the low down of how this nerve block alternative might be the way to go to help a radicu-lous amount of patients.

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/164
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36933988/

Pediatric Crohn’s Disease

The GEL Jr team strikes back with a fascinating topic - using POCUS to guide response in the treatment of Crohn's disease! Join the gang as they peristalse their way through an article describing this inflammatory idea.

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/163
 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32453126/

General Surgery POCUS

In this Father's Day Special, Mike interviews his old man about the state of point-of-care ultrasound in general surgery. All sorts of learning ensues.

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/162

VEXUS Updates

It's been a while since we talked about Venous Excess Ultrasound, aka VEXUS. There is still a lot of buzz around this concept, but not a lot of honey (honey is evidence in this metaphor). Ross Prager, international friend to POCUS researchers everywhere, joins Mike to discuss what's new and where this is going.

https://www.ultrasoundgel.org/161