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Ultrasonographic assessment of inferior vena cava/abdominal aorta diameter index: a new approach of assessing hypovolemic shock class 1

Rahman NH 1 , Ahmad R 2 , Kareem MM 3 , Mohammed MI 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, USM, Kota Bharu, Malaysia. nhliza@hotmail.com
  • 2 Unit of Emergency Medicine, UM Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. amirmat69@gmail.com
  • 3 Department of Radiology, School of Medical Sciences, USM, Kota Bharu, Malaysia. rahmahhbo@hotmail.com
  • 4 Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, USM, Kota Bharu, Malaysia. iqhbalm@hotmail.com
Int J Emerg Med, 2016 Dec;9(1):8.
PMID: 26894896 DOI: 10.1186/s12245-016-0101-z

Abstract

We designed this study to expand the usage of ultrasound to detect early occurrence of hypovolemia. We explore the potential use of inferior vena cava (IVC) and abdominal aorta (AA) diameter index (IVC:AA) measured ultrasonographically to detect class 1 hypovolemic shock with blood loss less than 15%.ᅟ

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