Training in critical care echocardiography
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چکیده
Echocardiography is useful for the diagnosis and management of hemodynamic failure in the intensive care unit so that competence in some elements of echocardiography is a core skill of the critical care specialist. An important issue is how to provide training to intensivists so that they are competent in the field. This article will review issues related to training in critical care echocardiography.
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Focused transthoracic echocardiography during critical care medicine training: curriculum implementation and evaluation of proficiency*.
OBJECTIVES We designed and implemented a focused transthoracic echocardiography curriculum for critical care medicine fellows participating in 1- and 2-year training programs. We quantitatively evaluated their proficiency in focused transthoracic echocardiography. DESIGN Prospective study evaluating curriculum implementation and objective assessment of focused transthoracic echocardiography p...
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دوره 1 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011