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Focused cardiac ultrasound is increasingly used by noncardiologists as an acute hemodynamic monitoring tool to establish etiologies of cardiac dysfunction in pediatric cardiac critical care.
Focused cardiac ultrasound performed by noncardiologists is a valuable adjunct for acute hemodynamic monitoring in pediatric cardiac critical care.
OBJECTIVES: The following review will describe the use of focused cardiac ultrasound performed by noncardiologists and its role as an acute hemodynamic monitoring tool in pediatric cardiac critical care. DATA SOURCE: MEDLINE and PubMed. CONCLUSION: The use of focused cardiac ultrasound has grown tremendously over recent years, and is increasingly being performed and interpreted by intensivists, anesthesiologists, and emergency medicine physicians. These imaging techniques are useful in establishing etiologies of cardiac dysfunction and should compliment the physical examination and standard hemodynamic monitoring.
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Klugman et al. (2016) conducted a review in Pediatric cardiac critical care. Focused cardiac ultrasound was evaluated. Focused cardiac ultrasound is increasingly used by noncardiologists as an acute hemodynamic monitoring tool to establish etiologies of cardiac dysfunction in pediatric cardiac critical care.
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