A review of echocardiography in anaesthetic and peri-operative practice. Part 2: Training and accreditation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 919-927

  Sharma, V ^a   Fletcher, S N ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEARNING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACCREDITATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84904160534     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12709     Document Type: Review

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