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Tips for carotid ultrasound in the intensive care unit

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Abstract

The ultrasonography of carotid arteries plays a key role in evaluating cerebrovascular disease. There are some useful considerations to perform it correctly in the intensive care unit, such as using different kind of transducer, Doppler mode optimization, and the correct interpretation of the findings.

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  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanatorio De los Arcos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Issac Cheong & Milton Bermeo

  2. Argentinian Critical Care Ultrasonography Association (ASARUC), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Issac Cheong, Guido Granberg & Francisco Marcelo Tamagnone

  3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital de Alta Complejidad Pte. Juan Domingo Perón, Formosa, Argentina

    Guido Granberg

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Conceptualization: IC; methodology: IC; formal analysis and investigation: IC; Writing—original draft preparation: IC; Writing—review and editing: IC, MB, GG; supervision: IC, FMT.

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Cheong, I., Bermeo, M., Granberg, G. et al. Tips for carotid ultrasound in the intensive care unit. J Ultrasound 26, 277–283 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-022-00708-w

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