All answers are directly from the article Jan 20, 2015 – Recommendations for echocardiographic chamber quantification were last published in 2005 by the American Society of. Echocardiography 1.How do you measure the LVOT diameter or aortic annulus ? 2. How do you measure the aortic root? 3. What determines the size of the aortic root? Read more about Aorta Quiz[…]
The answers to this quiz can be found in the ASE quantification chamber guidelines 2018 1.What windows do you use to assess RV size ? 2. What RV diameter is considered normal at the base and at the mid level of the RV in the 4cV? 3. What is an abnormal RV wall thickness ? Read more about Assessment of RV Quiz[…]
Most answers for this quiz are from the ASE chamber quantification guidelines document 2018 1. What are you looking for when you are eye balling the LV to assess ejection fraction? 2. What is E- point separation? 3. At what part of the cardiac cycle do measurements need to be taken to measure global Read more about Assessment of the LV Quiz[…]
Text Genevieve Carbonatto The management of cardiac arrest has been intensively studied over the past 20 year and other than early and good quality CPR and early defibrillation in VF, very little has shown to improve the prognosis in cardiac arrest. The last 20 years has shown that high dose adrenaline, vasopressin, supplementary oxygen, treatment Read more about Echocardiography during cardiac arrest: COACHRED[…]
Gollum, Wellington Airport, Weta Studios Estimating ejection fraction (EF) can be done by eyeballing LV contraction on ECHO. This requires some skill and expertise. A very basic assessment in the Emergency department requires a parasternal long axis (PLAX), a parasternal short axis (PSAX) and a 4 chamber view (4CV). What are we looking for ? Read more about Eyeballing LV function : Test yourself[…]
Images and text Genevieve Carbonatto The most difficult and frustrating ultrasound examination in the Emergency department must be the ECHO exam. What can we do to optimise our images ? Here are some tips and tricks. 1. Positioning the patient Some of our patients in the Emergency Department cannot be moved because of body habitus Read more about ECHO : image optimisation[…]