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Acute respiratory distress syndrome echocardiography
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Echocardiography is useful in the evaluation of right ventricular function and the detection of acute cor pulmonale or intracardiac shunt among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Echocardiogram
Echocardiogram
Echocardiography is useful in the evaluation of right ventricular function and the detection of acute cor pulmonale or intracardiac shunt. Furthermore, echocardiography allows for optimizing ventilatory strategies by adapting ventilator settings to the response in the right ventricular function. The use of echocardiography, preferably the transesophageal view, in patients with ARDS is recommended according to a consensus conference report.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Richard, J. C. M., et al. “Prise en charge ventilatoire du syndrome de détresse respiratoire aiguë de l’adulte et de l’enfant (nouveau-né exclu)––recommandations d’experts de la Société de réanimation de langue française.” Réanimation 14.7 (2005): IN2-IN12.
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