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Minimum standards for ultrasound equipment in intensive care. Recommendations from CICM Ultrasound Special Interest Group
Author(s) -
Costello Cartan,
Yastrebov Konstantin,
Yang Yang,
Hilton Andrew,
Vij Sanjiv,
Orde Sam
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2205-0140
pISSN - 1836-6864
DOI - 10.1002/ajum.12041
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , intensive care , medical emergency , critically ill , service (business) , intensive care medicine , ultrasound , medical physics , surgery , radiology , economy , economics
Critical care ultrasonography allows rapid bedside assessment and monitoring of severely ill patients. It provides important information on a real‐time basis for patients' management and clinical decision‐making, leading to improvements in delivered quality of care. Provision of this service is not possible without appropriate equipment. This document recommends minimum standards for ultrasound equipment required for use in intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand.