Emergent limited perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: Should new guidelines exist for limited echocardiography training for anesthesiologists?

Frontiers of Medicine in China

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 332-337

  Peng, Yong G ^a   Janelle, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

competency training; curriculum; hemodynamic instability; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866139343     PISSN: 16737342     EISSN: 16737458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-012-0212-8     Document Type: Article

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