The interrater reliability of ultrasound imaging of the inferior vena cava performed by emergency residents


Akkaya A., Yesilaras M., Aksay E., Sever M., Atilla O. D.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.31, no.10, pp.1509-1511, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: Ultrasonography (US) has gained popularity in the emergency medicine to assess intravascular volume status in critically ill patients. However, there are a limited number of studies on the interrater reliability of US examination of the inferior vena cava (IVC) by emergency residents.