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09/03/2021

Removing barriers for new users and uses of Ultrasound

by Invited Speaker Dr. Hans Huiberts, Fellow Ultrasound for new Users and Uses, Philips

POCUS brings much wider access to ultrasound imaging technology, placing ultrasound in the hands of emergency physicians at the ER, intensivists at ICU, and beyond. With its ever-expanding application areas, ranging from acute trauma to hemodynamic monitoring, and increasingly widespread use, ultrasound imaging is becoming a critical component in physicians’ training.

08/03/2021

Differentiating cardiogenic from non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema: Is lung ultrasound the holy grail?

presentation by Invited speaker Pieter Roel Tuinman, MD, PhD, Amsterdam UMC.

Differentiating cardiogenic from non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema in critically ill patients is notoriously difficult. Lung ultrasound is an excellent tool to diagnose pulmonary edema, but can it also differentiate between those two clinical entities? Using both basic and some more advanced ultrasound signs, lung ultrasound has the potential to become the gold standard for diagnosing the cause of pulmonary edema in critically ill patients.

16/02/2021

Point-of-Care Ultrasound in (Helicopter) Emergency Medical Services

presentation by Invited speaker Rein Ketelaars, Anesthesiologist, HEMS physician, Radboud University Medical Center

In this presentation I will give an overview of useful applications of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the challenging environment of prehospital acute medical care. I will discuss the utility of POCUS, but also its shortcomings.

08/02/2021

Bubbles for medical imaging and therapy

by Invited Speaker prof. dr. Michel Versluis, Professor of Physical and Medical Acoustics, University of Twente

Bubbles are important for a large variety of applications in medical acoustics, including contrast imaging and ultrasound-assisted therapy. For example, stabilized microbubbles are used as contrast agents for ultrasound imaging and aid in delineation, perfusion and flow imaging.

01/02/2021

The use of POCUS in the dyspnoic patient with an emphasis on COVID-19

by Invited Speaker Frank Bosch, Professor in acute internal medicine, UMCN St. Radboud / Rijnstate Hospital

The use of POCUS in the dyspnoic patient will be discusses with an emphasis on the pulmonary infiltrations during COVID-19 infections. The role of determining the differential diagnosis and the prognosis at first confrontation with the patient. Furthermore, we will talk about education in POCUS.