Berrío-Valencia MI

Language: Spanish
References: 5
Page: 35-37
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ABSTRACT

Point-of care ultrasound (POCUS) has gained great importance in the perioperative period to establish the etiology of the undifferentiated shock, guide and monitor the management. The focused echocardiography guided by goals has four basic views: parasternal long axis, parasternal short axis at the level of the papillary muscles, subcostal 4 chambers and subcostal longitudinal axis of the inferior vena cava that generate basic information for the anesthesiologists and intensivists to direct the initial management. The qualitative examination requires appropriate training, and it does not replace the one performed by the echocardiographer, but has shown timely management, effectiveness in knowing the cause of the shock and possibility of real-time follow-up to the therapy instituted.

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