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Obtaining, Interpreting, and Using Echo

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At first glance, the number of buttons on an ultrasound machine may be intimidating. But as with any skill, you just need to learn the language of ultrasound which is knobology. By using basic knobology, you can improve your ultrasound image. In this chapter we will review the basic ultrasound settings, modes, and transducers.

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  • Knobology
  • Gain
  • Echogenicity
  • Depth
  • M mode
  • Doppler mode
  • B mode
  • Calipers
  • Doppler measurements
  • Linear probe
  • Curvilinear probe
  • Phased array probe
  • Probe movements

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Abbreviations

2D:

Two-Dimensional

B Mode:

Brightness Mode

CO:

Cardiac Output

ECG:

Electrocardiogram

EF:

Ejection Fraction

LV:

Left Ventricle

M Mode:

Motion Mode

MHz:

Megahertz

PLA:

Parasternal Long Axis

POCUS:

Point-of-Care Ultrasound

PSA:

Parasternal Short Axis

SV:

Stroke Volume

SX:

Subxiphoid

VTI:

Velocity Time Integral

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Alexis Salerno

  2. Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Sarah B. Murthi

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Alexis Salerno

  2. Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma and Critical Care, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    MD Daniel J. Haase

  3. Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma and Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

    MD Sarah B. Murthi

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Salerno, A., Murthi, S.B. (2021). Obtaining, Interpreting, and Using Echo. In: Salerno, A., Haase, D.J., Murthi, S.B. (eds) Atlas of Critical Care Echocardiography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74687-2_1

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