Basic critical care echocardiography: Validation of a curriculum dedicated to noncardiologist residents

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 636-642

  Vignon, Philippe ^a,b   Mücke, Frédérique ^a   Bellec, Frédéric ^a   Marin, Benoît ^a   Croce, Jérôme ^a   Brouqui, Tania ^a   Palobart, Cédric ^a   Senges, Patrick ^a   Truffy, Christophe ^a   Wachmann, Alexandra ^a   Dugard, Anthony ^a   Amiel, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

curriculum; intensive care; transthoracic echocardiography; two dimensional echocardiography

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL CARE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DILATATION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN DILATATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGIC SCORE II; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 79953201124     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318206c1e4     Document Type: Article

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