From: Focused cardiac ultrasound: a training course for pediatric intensivists and emergency physicians
By M-mode: | |
Left ventricle systolic and diastolic diameter (parasternal long axis) | |
Left ventricle shortening fraction (parasternal long axis) | |
Left ventricle ejection fraction (parasternal long axis) | |
Distensibility index of the inferior vena cava (subcostal view) | |
By 2 - dimensional imaging: | |
Qualitative assessment of left ventricular function (normal, mild, moderate or severe depressed) | |
Qualitative assessment of right ventricular function (normal, mild, moderate or severe depressed) | |
Presence and severity of pericardial effusion (absent, small, moderate or severe) | |
Left ventricle outflow tract diameter (parasternal long axis) | |
By Doppler: | |
Velocity-time integral of aortic flow (apical 5-chamber view) | |
By color flow mapping: | |
Presence and severity of mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation (absent, mild, moderate or severe) (apical 4-chamber view) |