RT Book, Section
A1 Cardenas-Garcia, Jose
A1 Mayo, Paul H.
A2 Levitov, Alexander B.
A2 Mayo, Paul H.
A2 Slonim, Anthony D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1106128739
T1 TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: IMAGE ACQUISITION
T2 Critical Care Ultrasonography, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179352-0
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106128739
RD 2024/04/20
AB Transthoracic  echocardiography  (TTE)  has  major  application  in  the  intensive  care  unit  (ICU).  Proficiency  in  TTE  allows  the  intensivist  to  determine  the  diagnosis  of  cardiopulmonary  failure,  develop  management  strategies,  and  follow  the  results  of  therapeutic  interventions  with  serial  examinations.  By  definition,  critical  care  echocardiography  (CCE)  is  performed  by  the  intensivist  in  the  ICU.  The  clinician  personally  acquires  and  interprets  the  image  at  the  bedside  and  uses  the  information  to  immediately  guide  management.  It  follows  that  the  intensivist  must  have  a  high  level  of  skill  in  image  acquisition  that  requires  knowledge  of  ultrasound  physics,  machine  controls,  and  transducer  manipulation.  This  chapter  reviews  important  elements  of  image  acquisition  with  emphasis  on  transducer  manipulation.  The  reader  is  referred  to  Chapters  2  and  3  for  a  comprehensive  discussion  of  physics  and  machine  controls.