TY - JOUR AU - Puente-Reyes, Carolina AU - Plazas-Castro, Hyalmar AU - Guzmán, María Claudia AU - León, Oscar Javier AU - Izquierdo, Ledys María AU - Rodríguez, Carlos PY - 2019/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Focused critical care echocardiography: training for pediatricians and pediatric intensivists in an intensive care unit JF - Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology JA - Colomb. J. Anesthesiol. VL - 47 IS - 1 SE - Original DO - UR - https://www.revcolanest.com.co/index.php/rca/article/view/124 SP - 23-31 AB - <div class="section"><p class="sub-subsec">Introduction:</p><p>Focused critical care echocardiography (FCCE) has become a necessary competency for physicians working in pediatric intensive care units.</p></div><div class="section"><p class="sub-subsec">Objective:</p><p>To asses a theoretical and practical training program designed to explore skills acquisition for obtaining views and some echocardiographic measurements suggested for FCCE.</p></div><div class="section"><p class="sub-subsec">Materials and methods:</p><p>A 26-hour long theoretical and practical training for pediatricians and pediatric intensivists under the guidance of a pediatric cardiologist. The program included qualitative analysis of the variables pertaining to basic echocardiographic windows, and quantitative analysis of FCCE.</p></div><div class="section"><p class="sub-subsec">Results:</p><p>There were significant differences between having prior echocardiography knowledge, associated with a higher score in the 4-chamber apical window (mean: 9.0; standard deviation [SD]: 1.02; P = 0.021), and better correlation with the pediatric cardiologist regarding left ventricular function measurements (mean: 92.02; SD: 6.3; P = 0.036).</p></div><div class="section"><p class="sub-subsec">Conclusion:</p><p>The program was useful for basic level training in FCCE with an optimal level of acquisition of the main echocardiographic windows and some echocardiographic measurements.</p></div> ER -