Ultrasound during Critical Care Simulation: A Randomized Crossover Study

A randomized crossover pilot study

Impact of a 2-Day Critical Care Ultrasound Course during Fellowship Training: A Pilot Study

Objectives. Despite the increasing utilization of point-of-care critical care ultrasonography (CCUS), standards establishing competency for its use are lacking. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a 2-day CCUS course implementation on ultrasound-naïve critical care medicine (CCM) fellows. Methods. Prospective evaluation of the impact of a two-day CCUS course on eight ...

a study on rate making and required reserves determination in reinsurance market: a simulation

reinsurance is widely recognized as an important instrument in the capital management of an insurance company as well as its risk management tool. this thesis is intended to determine premium rates for different types of reinsurance policies. also, given the fact that the reinsurance coverage of every company depends upon its reserves, so different types of reserves and the method of their calc...

Part II – Critical Care Ultrasound

Opinion T he increased availability of good quality ultrasound machines in the critical care setting has encouraged the practicing clinician to utilise this rapidly applied, non-invasive, imaging modality to assist in patient management. The four main areas of non-cardiac applications are 1) ultrasound-guided vascular access, 2) lung ultrasound, 3) rapid abdominal assessment (including FAST) an...

Real-time ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation versus the landmark method in critical care patients: a prospective randomized study.

OBJECTIVE Subclavian vein catheterization may cause various complications. We compared the real-time ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation vs. the landmark method in critical care patients. DESIGN Prospective randomized study. SETTING Medical intensive care unit of a tertiary medical center. PATIENTS Four hundred sixty-three mechanically ventilated patients enrolled in a randomize...