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What the intensivist should know…
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
SLIDE 2 OVERVIEW
- Background
- Why ECHO?
- Limitations
- How to learn ECHO
- What you need to know
- Where we are heading
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BACKGROUND
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BACKGROUND
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COLLEGE AKNOWLEDGEMENT
SLIDE 7 WHY DO WE NEED TO LEARN ECHO?
- Filling the void
- Differentiating shock
- Tamponade post cardiac surgery
- Management of cardiovascular supports
- ECHO in cardiac arrest
SLIDE 8 LIMITATIONS
- Scope of practice
- Impact of
- False positives
- False negatives
- Formal studies
- Advanced studies
SLIDE 9 HOW TO LEARN ECHO
- BOOKS
- COURSES
- WEBSITES
- HANDS ON SACNNING
- SUPERVISION
- POST GRAD CERT/DIPLOMA
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WEBSITES
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SLIDE 12 CICM GUIDELINE
- Attend an approved ECHO course
- Find a supervisor
- Perform 35 focussed cardiac ultrasound cases
- Record images/ Write in notes
- Complete and pass an online MCQ exam @CICM
- In the furture- there may be a ‘live’ exam
SLIDE 13 CICM GUIDELINE
- Basic physics
- Machine setup
- Patient details
- Image optimization
- Basic views (PLA/ PSA/ A4C/ Scand IVC)
- Focussed questions looking for pathology
- Limitations
- Colour/Doppler not included
SLIDE 14 CICM GUIDELINE- FOCUSSED QUESTIONS
- 1. Is the LV significantly impaired?
- 2. Is the LV dilated?
- 3. Is the RV function grossly abnormal?
- 4. Is the RV dilated?
- 5. Is there any pericardial fluid/tamponade?
- 6. Is the patient significantly hypovolaemic?
- 7. Conclusion addressing relevant clinical question
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SLIDE 17 SHOCK ALGORITHM
- Assess volume status exclude hypovolaemia
- IVC
- LV EDV
- Assess contractility of LV exclude LV failure
- Exclude tamponade
- Assess right heart function exclude PE
- Exclude pneumothorax
- Exclude AAA
……..takes about 3 minutes….
SLIDE 18 CARDIAC WINDOWS
- Parasternal
- Long axis
- Short Axis
- Apical
- 4 chamber
- 2 chamber
- Subcostal
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PARASTERNAL LONG AXIS
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PARASTERNAL LONG AXIS
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PARSTERNAL SHORT AXIS
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PARASTERNAL SHORT AXIS
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PSAX
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PARASTERNAL SHORT AXIS
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APICAL 4 CHAMBER
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APICAL 4 CHAMBER
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APICAL 4 CHAMBER
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APICAL 2 CHAMBER
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APICAL 2 CHAMBER
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SUBCOSTAL
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SUBCOSTAL VIEW
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SUBCOSTAL
SLIDE 34 LV CONTRACTILITY
- Overview
- Visual ‘Gestalt’
- Fractional area change (FAC) (40-60%)
- Simpsons method
- Mild impairment EF 50-70%
- Moderate impairment EF 30-50%
- Severe impairment EF <30%
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LV CONTRACTILITY- NORMAL
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LV CONTRACTILITY- NORMAL
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LV CONTRACTILITY- NORMAL
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LV CONTRACTILITY- NORMAL
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LV CONTRACTILITY- NORMAL
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SIMPSONS
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SIMPSONS
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SLIDE 77 THE RIGHT VENTRICLE
- Shape
- Size
- Function
- Assesment
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VOLUME AND PRESSURE OVERLOAD
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RV/LV RATIO- NORMAL (0.6:1)
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SLIDE 81 CLASSIC SIGNS OF PE
- Dilated RV
- Septal flattening
- Impaired RV
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- McConnels sign
- Raised PA pressures (RVSP)
- Visible clot
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SEPTAL FLATTENING
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SEPTAL FLATTENING
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SEPTAL FLATTENING
SLIDE 93 VOLUME STATUS- IVC
- IVC
- Abdominal probe
- Sub-costal view- longitudinal
- Using liver as a window
- Measure IVC 2cm distal to diaphragm
- Collapsibility with respiration
- Visual gestalt
- M-mode
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IVC DIAMETER AND CVP
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IVC
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IVC
SLIDE 97 IVC ANALYSIS
- Absolute diameter
- <1cm Correlates with a CVP ~ <5cm H20
- 1-2cm Correlates with a CVP ~ 5-15cm H20
- >2cm correlates with a CVP ~ >15cm H20
- Variability
- Ventilated patient
- >12% collapsibility indicates volume responsiveness
- Unventilated patient
- >50% collapsibility indicates volume responsiveness
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VOLUME STATUS-IVC
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VOLUME STATUS
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LVEDA NORMAL 12-16 CM
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LVEDA
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‘KISSING’ PAPILLARY MUSCLES
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SLIDE 113 PERICARDIAL EFFUSION AND TAMPONADE
- Is there a pericardial effusion/collection?
- <10mm
Small
Moderate
Large
- Is there evidence of tamponade?
- Hypotension
- RA or RV free wall collapse
- Dilated IVC
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WHERE THINGS ARE HEADING
SLIDE 135 THE FUTURE
- Portable wireless probes
- Formal basic ECHO training and examinations in CICM
- Advanced ECHO clinician in every ICU
- In-house credentialling and CME
- TOE and disposable probes
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What the intensivist should know…
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY