Motivating patients to manage their hypertension is often problematic. If patients can't see a problem, they're less likely to deal with it. But as Lee T. Besen, MD, explains in this interview with SonoSite's Vice President of Market Development David Levesque, when patients see the reports created by impedance cardiography, their motivation usually skyrockets. The clinician and patient have a new opportunity to work as partners in managing hypertension.

This introductory video details how bedside medical ultrasound imaging of an arthritic hand allows for rapid and effective evaluation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. It discusses the anatomy of the finger, probe placement, and scanning techniques. It also includes clinical images of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints. This video is of particular interest to rheumatologists and primary care clinicians. For more videos and information about ultrasound technology, go to www.sonosite.com.

This video details how bedside medical ultrasound imaging of the shoulder enables clinicians to rapidly and effectively identify and evaluate soft tissue tears. It also focuses on the anatomy of the shoulder-specifically the relationship of the supraspinatus and bicep tendon at the level of the rotator interval-and scanning techniques. This This video is of particular interest to sports medicine, orthopedic, primary care clinicians. For more videos and information about ultrasound technology, go to www.sonosite.com.

In this video, Dr. Randy Baggesen discusses how point-of-care ultrasound technology can ease the difficulties associated with being a primary care physician. Dr. Baggessen points out that bedside medical ultrasound can improve patient care, reduce expenses, provide the power of prevention, and save time; he also explains how bedside ultrasound can help build relationships and trust between physicians and their patients. This topic is of particular interest to primary care clinicians. For more videos and information about ultrasound imaging, go to www.sonosite.com.

This video details how bedside ultrasound imaging in emergency department settings can be used to detect normal and abnormal pregnancies. This video discusses how to use ultrasound technology to determine the gestational age of a normal pregnancy, determine a fetal heart rate, and identify markers for an abnormal pregnancy and fetal demise. For more videos and information about ultrasound technology, go to sonosite.com.

This video details how bedside ultrasound imaging in emergency department settings can be used to diagnose or detect intrauterine pregnancies. This video delineates the ultrasound findings that can identify a normal pregnancy, which is particulary helpful information for emergency department physicians and obstetricians. This video also discusses the use of transvaginal and transabdominal ultrasound for detecting intrauterine pregnancies. For more videos and information about ultrasound technology, go to sonosite.com.

This video details the use of bedside ultrasound imaging and a phased array probe to evaluate cardiac structures and health, especially when evaluating left ventricular contractility and investigating for paracardial effusion. Ultrasound clips from a variety of patients are compared to show how cardiac ultrasound can be used to rate left ventricular contractility from good to poor. The parasternal long axis view of the heart provides physicians with a great deal of information regarding a patient's condition, which can be instrumental in emergency medicine.

This video details the use of bedside ultrasound imaging and a phased array probe to evaluate cardiac structures and health, especially when looking for left ventricular contractility, the presence of pericardial effusion, and right ventricular strain. It reviews the four standard views of a cardiac echo examination-parasternal view (long axis), parasternal view (short axis), subxiphoid view, apical view-as well as cardiac structures, and optimal trasducer placements.

This video details SonoSite Workflow Solutions to show how this software can streamline the management of ultrasound examinations performed with SonoSite ultrasound systems. This video will be of particular interest to healthcare professionals who want an ultrasound image archiver, browser and management tool to facilitate patient data reconciliation, billing, teaching, and credentialing.

This video details how to acquire accurate IMT examination measurements, including ultrasound transducer positioning, as well as how to create a report at the conclusion of the ultrasound examination. This video also explains how, due to risk stratifications, the following patient information is important when evaluating a patient's CIMT measurements and test results: gender, date of birth, ethnicity.