Real-time ultrasound (US) guidance for central venous catheter (CVC) insertion has been shown to increase cannulation success rates and reduce complications in adults. Literature regarding US-guided ...

The U.S. FDA has approved GE HealthCare’s Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP) ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients. The latest approval ...

A team of Toronto researchers and physicians are the first in the world to use MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to treat Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine ...

The Pediatric Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, was established in 2015, and is the only pediatric POCUS fellowship in the South ...

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an important adjunct to clinical diagnosis and procedural guidance in the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED), supported by literature demonstrating that ...

Over the last decade, the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) has risen dramatically. In 2015, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published the first ...

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GE HealthCare says it plans to develop an AI-assisted ultrasound imaging tool that is so simple, that even healthcare providers without specialized training will be able to use it. The research and ...

As parents, teachers and other caregivers tackle flu season, RSV and Covid-19, cases of childhood pneumonia have also spiked in parts of the United States, China and Europe. Despite many advances in ...

The latest approval will help provide clearer echocardiogram images for cardiologists to diagnose heart conditions in pediatric patients Optison is the only polyethylene glycol (PEG)-free ultrasound ...