Irene Ma, MD, MSc (Epi), PhD (MedEd), FRCPC, FACP, FAIUM

Do you do #POCUS research? Check out the newly published Standards for POCUS Research Reporting (SPUR) spearheaded by Nikolai Schnittke published in @aem-journal.bsky.social
@mgottliebmd.bsky.social @impocus.bsky.social

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An excellent list of clinically useful core applications for Internal Medicine POCUS! Bravo team!! links.springernature.com/f/a/3QKZfEpu...

So proud of our #IMPOCUS fellows finishing their training!! What a fantastic group. Can’t wait to see what they’ll do!! 🥰

Honoured to have @g2disrupt.bsky.social visit!!!

So great to finally meet in person in Trento, having worked together virtually for almost 2 years!!

Amazing joint efforts on the article Joint Efforts - now published :) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40246753/

Thank you to our visitors from Japan, Australia and our local #POCUS learners and fellows - a fantastic and fun POCUS week of great learning (image altered to remove name badges and their barcodes)

Scanned It! Session underway @aiumultrasound.bsky.social #AIUM2025

Our #EchoGuideApp provides access to 50+ calculators, algorithms and charts based on key ASE guidelines for use by healthcare professionals providing cardiac care! #ValveDiseaseDay

With over 80K downloads, experience our EchoGuide® yourself: bit.ly/3SXsokU

Building a POCUS curriculum from scratch Learn how to build a POCUS curriculum for your residents

Join me for a webinar on Feb 26 at 2:00 PM EST on creating a #POCUS curriculum from scratch - a labor of love that has taking over a decade of work at @UNCDeptMedicine. Free registration @Wolters_Kluwer: bit.ly/432ZIzB

The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning.

Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals.

Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI

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Have you seen our new aortic regurgitation guideline, published this week?

Join Dr Kelly Victor and Dr Rebecca Hahn to discuss this exciting publication: youtu.be/VxSTPtMC8hc

Read the guideline: doi.org/10.1186/s441...

disagree with this “triangle of saftey” nonsense

in morbid obesity or cardiomegaly, this location could be dangerous (eg, diaphragm can be really high)

so POCUS is key to establish anatomy before tube insertion

(and incidentally, ICU patients never look like this in real life 🙄) #EMIMCC

Diuretic Potentiation Strategies in Acute Heart Failure

#CardioSky #MedSky #JACCHF
www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
@jaccjournals.bsky.social @robmentz.bsky.social @sjgreene-md.bsky.social @vietheartpa.bsky.social @load-dependent.bsky.social @jimjanuzzi.bsky.social @dranulala.bsky.social

The Association of Anaesthetists have published new guidelines on blood components & their alternatives!

Tranexamic acid has been proven to ⬇️ bleeding in most surgical settings.

But what dose of TXA should you use in different clinical contexts?

#AnSky #MedSky #HaemSky

https://buff.ly/4hbI4O6

🆕Publication: RCT to assess NIV for acute respiratory failure in general wards
@bjajournals.bsky.social

Most NIV trials were conducted in ICUs. Only two small, single-center RCTs evaluated NIV in general wards. Here are the results of the first multicenter RCT👇
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kNDs1dCDu...

A true leader who led with grace and kindness. You will be missed

A dangerous looking creature in a jugular vein. #POCUS
What happend?

Advances in Acute Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke 2024. from @ahajournals.bsky.social.

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

#Cardiosky #Medsky

Thank you for this list and for bringing the GIM community together, Dr Gerber!

115 generalists!! #GIMsky #IMproud #GIMproud #hospitalist #genmed #generalist #internalmedicine

Role of apo B in clinical management of CV risk in adults: Expert Clinical Consensus from NLA

#CardioSky #cvPrev #MedSky #apoB
@nationallipid.bsky.social @foundationofnla.bsky.social @lipidjournal.bsky.social @erinmichos.bsky.social @drmarthagulati.bsky.social
www.lipidjournal.com/article/S193...

Nonsurgical Management of Chronic Venous Insufficiency

#CardioSky #MedSky #PVD
@gbarnesmd.bsky.social @heatherlgornik.bsky.social
@accintouch.bsky.social @vietheartpa.bsky.social
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Clinical Care, An Is - 9780443314124 In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Irene Ma brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Clinical Care. Top experts describe commonly ...

Medical Clinics of North America's first edition of
#IMPOCUS in Clinical Care; incredible work by over 60 international #POCUS experts, published Jan 2025 now available for order: tinyurl.com/ykj4hw82. PS: No financial COI for advertising this - I don't get royalties from any orders.

Rule of thirds this:

Addressing #AI bias and lack of transparency for healthcare datasets
Consensus recommendations from a global consortium
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‘10 commandments’ of 2024 #ESC guidelines for management of chronic coronary syndromes

#CardioSky #MedSky #ANOCA #INOCA
@victoriadelgadomd.bsky.social @drmarthagulati.bsky.social @vijaykunadian.bsky.social @mmamas1973.bsky.social
@escardio.bsky.social
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Excited to share our review of diaphragm ultrasound rdcu.be/d3vkM by Drs. Kharasch, Loewen, Solverson, and Lohmann

Ticagrelor pill

Antiplatelet drug ticagrelor has become firmly established for treating acute coronary syndrome, but has never quite shaken off doubts about its advantage over cheaper rivals.

With generic versions of ticagrelor about to launch, this investigation looks at the evidence www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Created a Starter Pack for top medical journals on Bluesky. As more journals join, it will be updated, but to keep it manageable, the list is capped at 20. I’ll repost it with every major update.

Striving to keep it as relevant as possible to the field of medicine.

go.bsky.app/HH4z1D9