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On table POCUS assessment for the IVC following abdominal packing: how I do it

BACKGROUND: Some surgeons may lack proper experience in abdominal packing. Overpacking may directly compress the inferior vena cava (IVC). This reduces the venous return and possibly causes hypotension. Here, a new on table Point-of-Care Ultrasound application that has been recently used to assess t...

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Autor principal: Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27499803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-016-0092-3