Liver & General ICM doctor and Anaesthetist, QEH Birmingham. π¦π«π΅π°π΅πΈπ±π§
Mar 9, 2022 β’ 18 tweets β’ 9 min read
Calling all #POCUS fans, and #criticalcare π afficionados! Asking if we have the right tools to identify RV dysfunction (RVD) in ICU?? We took an unbiased view (paper link at end of a long thread π§΅)....
The RV is not regular and so dysfunction can sometimes be found in one measure but not another - the crooked RV demands more than one guard to be caught playing up! πΊπ²π¨π¦πͺπΊ consensus cardiology guidelines suggest looking at FAC and TAPSE to define RV systolic dysfunction: