Critical care ultrasonography in shock management: the elephant in Canadian intensive care units

John Basmaji¹, Ian Ball², Philip Jones^{3

4}, Bram Rochwerg^{5

6}, Robert Arntfield²; CRIXUS Investigators

Affiliations

¹ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada. jbasmaji@uwo.ca.
² Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁵ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Editorial

John Basmaji et al. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;67(9):1119-1123.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01747-9. Epub 2020 Jul 10.

John Basmaji¹, Ian Ball², Philip Jones^{3

4}, Bram Rochwerg^{5

6}, Robert Arntfield²; CRIXUS Investigators

¹ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada. jbasmaji@uwo.ca.
² Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
⁵ Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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