"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-Guided Management of Appendectomy Patient in Respiratory Distress (Even “routine” cases can benefit from hTEE)

Dudley Benjamin Christie, III, MD Assistant Professor of Trauma/Critical Care/General Surgery
Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, GA

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