Point of Care Ultrasound with Dr. Thomas Conlon and Dr. Sarah Ginsburg--Part 1

Thomas Conlon, MD is a pediatric intensivist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he also serves as the Director of Pediatric Critical Care Ultrasound. His professional/research interests include clinical and educational outcomes in diagnostic and procedural ultrasound as well as programmatic ultrasound implementation.

Sarah Ginsburg, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern and pediatric intensivist at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Her professional & research interests include clinical applications of POCUS in the PICU. She is very active both locally and nationally in improving POCUS skills for pediatric intensivists, including participating in Pediatric Research Collaborative on Critical Ultrasound, a subgroup of PALISI.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this podcast, listeners should be able to:

1. Identify the limitations of the physical exam and lab-based data in evaluating shock at the bedside of critically ill children.
2. Describe how point-of-care ultrasound might provide greater accuracy in our evaluation of complex shock physiology.
3. Discuss limitations to our ability as critical care physicians to use point-of-care ultrasound in our clinical practice and suggest solutions to overcome commonly encountered barriers.

References:

1. Lu et al. Recommendations for Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Children: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Mar;36(3):265-277. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2022.11.010. Epub 2023 Jan 23. PMID: 36697294.
2. Walker et al. Clinical Signs to Categorize Shock and Target Vasoactive Medications in Warm Versus Cold Pediatric Septic Shock. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec;21(12):1051-1058. 
3. Conlon et al. Diagnostic Bedside Ultrasound Program Development in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Results of a National Survey. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 Nov;19(11):e561-e568.
4. Ultrasound Guidelines: Emergency, Point-of-Care, and Clinical Ultrasound Guidelines in Medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 Sep;82(3):e115-e155. 
5. Conlon et al. Establishing a risk assessment framework for point-of-care ultrasound. Eur J Pediatr. 2022 Apr;181(4):1449-1457. 
6. https://coreultrasound.com/ 
7. https://coreultrasound.com/5ms/