"I need to reduce recovery time,
complications, and resources....
"I need to avoid fluid overload
during resuscitation...
"I need to see cardiac
filling and function...
"I need to know if it's tamponade
or desaturation...
"I need to get my critical
patients off vent faster...
so I use hemodynamic ultrasound."

hTEE measured SVC index: A useful tool for predicting fluid responsiveness in the trauma patient

B.M. Howard MD, Benjamin Christie MD, Dennis W. Ashley MD
Mercer University Medical School, Medical Center of Navicent Health, Macon, GA
Presented EAST, Orlando, FL

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