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Critical care ultrasonography in nursing for critical patients

  

  1. 1.Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of
    Medical Sciences,Beijing 100730, China;2.Department of  Intensive Care Unit,the Fourth Hopital of
    Hebei Medical University,Shijiazhang 050011, China;3.Department of Intensive Care Unit,
    Beijing Huaxin Hospital,the First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua Uinversity,Beijing 100016,China;
    4.Department of Intensive Care Unit,Xiangya Hospital, Central South University,Changsha 410008,China;
    5.Department of Intensive Care Unit,West China Hospital, Sichuan University,Chengdu 610041,China
  • Online:2017-05-05 Published:2017-05-05
  • Contact: Corresponding author:Wang Xiaoting,Email: icuting@163.com,Hu Zhenjie,Email: syicu@vip.sina.com

Abstract: Critical care ultrasonography (CCU), problemoriented and used at bedside  is becoming an important tool for the diagnosis, hemodynamic monitoring of critical illness. However, the use of CCU in critical care nursing is still at early stage. The problem solving in nursing could take advantage of CCU with its ability of displaying visible image, providing of qualitative and/or quantitative index. We hereby made this review aiming to describe ultrasoundguided vascular puncture technique, ultrasoundguided placement of jejunum nutrition tube, ultrasoundassissted lung nursing and bed sore assessment.

Key words: intensive care, ultrasonography, nursing assessment