Survey of the training and use of echocardiography and lung ultrasound in Australasian intensive care units

Yang Yang^{1

2}, Colin Royse^{3

4}, Alistair Royse^{3

4}, Kacey Williams⁵, David Canty^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Ultrasound Education Group, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Y.Yang@wh.org.au.
² Intensive Care Unit, Western Health, Eastern Health, Epworth Private Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Y.Yang@wh.org.au.
³ Ultrasound Education Group, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesia, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Yang Yang et al. Crit Care. 2016.

. 2016 Oct 24;20(1):339.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1444-9.

Yang Yang^{1

2}, Colin Royse^{3

4}, Alistair Royse^{3

4}, Kacey Williams⁵, David Canty^{3

4}

¹ Ultrasound Education Group, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Y.Yang@wh.org.au.
² Intensive Care Unit, Western Health, Eastern Health, Epworth Private Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Y.Yang@wh.org.au.
³ Ultrasound Education Group, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesia, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

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