Dear Dr.Ibrahim, IVC - US dimensions with respirations does give a fair bit of idea of volume status in the ER. Yes, one need to get trained and develop the skills of handling USG. Specificity increases if IVC-US is clubbed with 2D Echo - assessing LV / RV contractility! Sunil *------------* ** *Dr.Sunil T Pandya* * * *Hon. Secretary, Association of Obstetric Anaesthesiologists, India ( www.aoaindia.com)* *Hon. Secretary, Society of Obstetric Medicine, India* * * *Head, **Dept. of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care,* *Fernandez Hospital (Health care for Women and the Newborn), ** www.fernandezhospital.com* * * *Director, Prerna Anaesthesia and Critical Care Services Pvt Ltd ( www.prernaanaesthesia.com)* *Hyderabad, India.* * *
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Mohamed Ibrahim <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Friends, does looking at the ivc diameter for patients presenting to > the ED with sepsis give a picture of the volume status ? i hope most of the > EDs would have an Ultrasound machine. > Dr Mohamed Ibrahim M.D,FAAEM > Madurai- India > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org >
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