Perioperative ultrasound training in anesthesiology: A call to action

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1794-1804

  Mahmood, Feroze ^a   Matyal, Robina ^a   Skubas, Nikolaos ^b   Montealegre Gallegos, Mario ^c   Swaminathan, Madhav ^d   Denault, Andre ^e   Sniecinski, Roman ^f   Mitchell, John D ^a   Taylor, Mark ^g   Haskins, Stephen ^h   Shahul, Sajid ⁱ   Oren Grinberg, Achikam ^a   Wouters, Patrick ^j   Shook, Douglas ^a   Reeves, Scott T ^k  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^k MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADIAN; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EUROPEAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARDS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84969765651     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001134     Document Type: Article

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