Samer Abou-Arbid, MD

Beirut → Detroit → Houston 🌍 | EM Resident @AUBMC_EM | @BCM_EM | Ultrasound Fellow @HenryFordEM | POCUS/AI curious 🤖

[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

Everyone's talking about AI in medicine. I want to talk about AI in POCUS. Here's a question that I am looking to answer clearly about AI in POCUS:
Can we actually trust it in clinical practice — right now?
I'm reviewing the evidence, paper by paper, to find out 🔬🧵
Follow this series.
#POCUS #FOAMed #MedTwitter #AIinMedicine #EmergencyMedicine

[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

Can AI spot a pneumothorax in real time from a bedside ultrasound — no expert needed?
Short answer: pretty much yes. Here's the breakdown 👇
1/ The setup: 62 patients, 241 lung ultrasound scans. AI reads M-mode images in real time via a portable device connected to the probe. No cloud. No delay.
2/ The results: Sensitivity 92.1% · Specificity 80.2% · AUC 0.885. For a rule-out tool at 3am, that's impressive.
3/ The catch: COPD, smokers, subcutaneous emphysema, and apical views fool the model more. Know your false positive risk factors.
4/ The big picture: This opens POCUS to nurses, paramedics, and RTs. Expert not required. That's a game-changer for resource-limited settings.
📄 Fiedler et al. CHEST 2024 — see infographic below ⬇️
#POCUS #FOAMed #MedTwitter #AIinMedicine #EmergencyMedicine
@journal_CHEST

[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

@MohamadKNasser @ManUtd 🤣🤣Mabrouk!!❤️❤️

[Nicolas Merke @NMerke]

#echofirst case

[José Carlos Rodríguez @Joscarod]

We decided to do a left thoracentesis to evacuate effusion and start alveolar recruitment maneuvers. Patient was successfully extubated in the forthcoming hours (2/2)

1- Lidocaine injection
2- Pleural space entry
3- Guidewire insertion
4- Catheter insertion
5- Lung reexpanded

[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

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[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

@LinaZhaim Do you know the page where the video was initially posted?

[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

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[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

@lbnotes Are you familiar with the term: هيدي رقاصة. Commonly used in Lebanon

[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

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[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

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@NWONFT_

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@NWONFT_

[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

@wolfofbey @tarekabouarbid @JenniferRizk4 @TedyArbid

[Virginia Zarama @VirginiaZarama]

Just a quick FOCUS on my STEMI pt today. 😵‍💫

[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

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[Samer Abou-Arbid, MD @ProbesAndPixels]

@Jad2TheBone Why do you even tell this to yourself?