Nomograms are essential tools for quantification in pediatric echocardiography. In the last
few years, multiple sources highlight that nomograms employed for decades presented …

Cardiac point-of-care ultrasound has the potential to improve patient care, but its application
to children requires consideration of anatomic and physiologic differences from adult …

Use of ultrasonography by clinicians at the point of care has expanded widely and rapidly.
Pediatric acute care providers now leverage this valuable tool to guide procedures …

Background Clinical assessment of intravascular volume status is challenging. In humans,
ultrasonographic assessment of the inferior vena cava diameter, directly or as a ratio to the …

Especially in recent years, the use of point-of-care ultrasound by non-radiologist clinicians
has become widespread. Point-of-care ultrasound provides rapid responses to the problems …

Abstract Objective Patients with Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome (KTS) and congenital
lipomatous overgrowth, vascular malformations, epidermal nevi, and spinal/skeletal …

Introduction Ultrasonographic indices of the inferior vena cava are useful for predicting right
heart filling pressures in people. Objectives To determine whether ultrasonographic indices …

The pediatric ultrasound measurement of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and aorta (AO) with
the study of the collapsibility index (CI) and of IVC-to-AO ratio (IVC/AO) can provide …

Background Lung ultrasound is a novel technique for detecting generalized fluid overload in
children and adults with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Echocardiography and …

Background Evaluation of patient's dry weight remains challenging in chronic hemodialysis
(HD) especially in children. Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) measurement was reported useful to …