Ten Basic Principles about Critical Ultrasonography: Critical Care Practitioners Need to Know

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hua Xin Hospital First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing 100016, China.
⁴ Department of Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
⁵ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
⁶ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China.
⁷ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, China.
⁸ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
⁹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, China.

Li-Na Zhang et al. Chin Med J (Engl). 2017.

. 2017 Jul 5;130(13):1610-1614.

doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.208229.

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hua Xin Hospital First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing 100016, China.
⁴ Department of Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China.
⁵ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
⁶ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China.
⁷ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050011, China.
⁸ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Rui Jin Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
⁹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

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