Urgent ultrasound guided hemodynamic assessments by a pediatric medical emergency team: a pilot study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 6; p. e66951
• Main Authors: Zorko, David J, Choong, Karen, Gilleland, Jonathan, Agar, Barbara, Baker, Shawn, Brennan, Cindy, Pullenayegum, Eleanor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.06.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Assessments; Cardiac output; Cardiac patients; Cardiovascular equipment; Child, Preschool; Children; Consultation; Critical care; Defects; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Emergency Medical Services - methods; Emergency vehicles; Epidemiology; Feasibility studies; Health sciences; Heart; Heart diseases; Hemodynamics; Hospital patients; Humans; Intensive care; Male; Medicine; Patients; Pediatrics; Physicians; Physiology; Pilot Projects; Pulmonary arteries; Quality; Resuscitation; Sepsis; Studies; Time Factors; Transport; Ultrasonics; Ultrasound; Ontario Canada

To determine the feasibility of using the Ultrasound Cardiac Output Monitor (USCOM) as an adjunct during hemodynamic assessments by a pediatric medical emergency team (PMET). Pediatric in-patients at McMaster Children's Hospital aged under 18 years requiring urgent PMET consultation, were eligi...