Department of Critical Care Medicine and Cardiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Jul;12(4 Suppl):S50-4. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182211c17.
Echocardiography is a widely used modality to assess myocardial structure and function in pediatric intensive care settings. While the use of echocardiography for diagnostic purposes remains important, its use as a hemodynamic monitoring tool has not been well established. The benefits of echocardiography are in its widespread availability, relative ease of use, and importance in diagnosing structural disease and simple changes in myocardial function. However, echocardiography in pediatric critical care is limited in its use because it requires the acquisition of quality images and the accurate interpretation of the study. To date, the literature on echocardiography in pediatric critical care is limited. The purpose of this review is to examine the scientific evidence for the usefulness of echocardiography as a hemodynamic monitoring tool in pediatric critical care.
超声心动图是一种广泛用于儿科重症监护环境中评估心肌结构和功能的方法。虽然超声心动图在诊断目的上的应用仍然很重要，但它作为血流动力学监测工具的应用尚未得到很好的建立。超声心动图的优点在于其广泛的可用性、相对易用性以及在诊断结构性疾病和心肌功能简单变化方面的重要性。然而，超声心动图在儿科重症监护中的应用受到限制，因为它需要获得高质量的图像并准确解释研究结果。迄今为止，儿科重症监护中超声心动图的文献有限。本综述的目的是检查超声心动图作为儿科重症监护血流动力学监测工具的有用性的科学证据。
