Table 1 Theoretical content of the training
From: Focused cardiac ultrasound: a training course for pediatric intensivists and emergency physicians
Basic principles of ultrasonography/echocardiography | |
Handling of portable echocardiogram equipment | |
Essential cardiac anatomy | |
Obtaining echocardiographic images | |
Pulsed Doppler and color flow mapping | |
Subjective assessment of left ventricular systolic function and evaluation of the shortening/ejection fraction | |
Subjective assessment of the right ventricle systolic function | |
Volume status evaluation-distensibility index of the inferior vena cava (dIVC). [dIVC = Dmáx – Dmin/Dmin] | |
Assessment of cardiac output-aortic velocity-time integral ratio and left ventricle outflow tract diameter | |
Evaluation of the cardiac valves and the pericardium |