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Dr. Amit Pawa is a Consultant Anesthetist at Guy’s and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London where he is the lead for the delivery of regional anesthesia and the education to the fellows within his department. When not in the hospital environment Dr Pawa is the current president of RA UK, which is Regional anesthesia UK, which is the UK division of the European Society of Regional anesthesia. Dr. Pawa was an early evaluator participant of the product.
Watch this video where Dr. Amit Pawa shares his experience on using ultrasound in regional anesthesia and discusses the main blocks he performs whilst using ultrasound. Included within this video, there are some short ultrasound demonstrations, which highlight the importance of image quality when identifying surrounding structures to perform a block and to clearly visualise the needle to reduce complications.
The Venue Family has a shared platform across three systems (Venue, Venue Go and Venue Fit), Dr. Pawa discusses the benefits of the Venue Family’s common platform. Benefits include same user experience regardless of system being used and simplified training protocols. Another benefit of the Venue Family is probe management, the probes sit up high so the cables are not caught in the wheels.
Listen to Dr. Pawa also discuss how he sees the extension of his role from the traditional role of anesthesia to the perioperative POCUS.
We hope you enjoy.
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Questions & Answers
How long does it take to obtain the EF with the new AI-tool?
The Venue Family offers a novel semi-automated Real- Time
EF tool. The EF may be obtained within 3 seconds of live scanning in A4CH view, when image
quality is sufficient as determined by the Quality Indicator.
What is Lung Sweep?
The Velocity Time Integral (VTI) measurement plays a
significant role in the management of critically ill patients. It allows the physician to
monitor hemodynamic changes resulting from a disease or from the therapy actions that were
required to achieve better patient outcome.1
What is the frequency of the L4-20t-RS?
L4-20t-RS XDclear™, is an ultra-wide band probe from
4-20MHz supports high-frequency imaging of superficial structures while also being able to
penetrate deeper anatomy without compromising imaging quality.
Is ECG needed for the Real Time EF tool to work?
No ECG is required for the tool to work.
What is the difference with the current EF automated tools?
The Venue Family Real-Time EF is an AI enabled tool that
continuously calculates Real-Time ejection fraction during live scanning in apical 4CH
view and allows users to capture instant, precise results.
What are the Easy & fast exam documentation?
Easy documentation features provide a visual overview of
the entire exam while reducing the need to manually type findings. Exams are stored as one
single image and users can easily switch between exams with one simple click. We have Lung
Diagram / eFAST and Renal Diagram.
How VTI is used for patient management?
- VTI trending can be used to assess response to therapy.
- Assessing the absolute values of VTI may be useful to estimate cardiac output, assessing the relative change of VTI in shock management may be practically more useful to assess the response to therapy and help in decision making process about the next therapeutic steps.
- If SV / VTI increases by 15% with fluid challenge fluid responsive may be considered.6
- If SV / VTI increases by 20% with inotropes contractile reserve may be considered.7
- Auto VTI can provide up to 90% reduction in keystrokes and take up to 82% less time than manual method calculations, as performed by experts. Based on GE Internal study with Venue Go DOC2254811.
- In one study, the IVC measures were equivalent to an expert user’s ability 87% of the time for minimal diameters and 92% for maximal diameters. Venue Go R2 Technical Product Claims Document DOC2199650.
- A recent study found the Auto B-lines tool to be comparable to and as highly reliable as visual counting performed by experts. ShortJ, Acebes C, Rodriguez-de-Lema G, et al. Visual versus automatic ultrasound scoring of lung B-lines: reliability and consistency between systems. Med Ultrasonography 2019, Vol 21 no1, 45049 DOI: 10.11152/mu-1885.
- Supporting evidence for Venue and Venue Go is documented in DOC2391130. Supporting evidence for Venue Fit is documented in DOC2454794.
