USJC 06/05/24

This week's Topic: Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS)
Articles for Discussion are listed below with the PDFs attached to this email.  
Extra Content can be found below in the green text for anyone wanting to dive into the topic further. 
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Article 1
Blunt abdominal trauma: role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the detection and staging of abdominal traumatic lesions compared to US and CE-MDCT

Article 2
Is it time to re-think FAST? A systematic review and meta-analysis of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) and conventional ultrasound for initial assessment of abdominal trauma.  
Article 3 
How CEUS improves gallbladder pathology evaluation. A comprehensive pictorial and review of the literature.
EXTRAS ****

Ma & Mateer Emergency Ultrasound: 
Referenced in Chapter 1 (p15) and its utility in Trauma Ultrasound mainly (Chapter 9)
Ultrasound GEL Podcast for Article 1
Thank you!!