Rational use of MSK POCUS

Quantum hocus-pocus

The claims made in a manifesto resulting in the European quantum technologies flagship initiative in quantum technology and similar enterprises are taken as a starting point to critically review some potential quantum resources, such as coherent superposition and entanglement, and their dormant usefulness for parallelism and communication. Claims of absolute, irreducible (non-epistemic) randomn...

Access and Rational use of Plasma Protein Therapies (PPTs)

Intraoperative use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for stat cesarean delivery with refractory hypoxemia

A 30-year-old female at 24 weeks gestation presented with headache, hypertension and blurry vision. She was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia on chronic hypertension. An obstetrical emergency was called due to fetal heart rate decreasing to a nadir of 40bpm and the patient was taken for an emergent cesarean delivery. Prior to induction of anesthesia, the SpO2 was 92%. A rapid sequence induction was ...

Promoting Rational Use of Medicines

Msk Injection Abstracts Contents

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of ultrasound as a guiding tool for simulated cervical facet joint injections in cadavers. METHODS: A total of 40 ultrasound examinations at 5 levels (C6-7 to C2-3) were performed on 4 embalmed cadavers. The zygapophyseal joints were located with ultrasound. First, the transverse processes of C6 and C7 were established and the fa...