Transesophageal Lung Ultrasound: To Boldly Go…

(Abstracted from Can J Anaesth, 63(11):1211–1214, 2016) This editorial reviews the study of transesophageal lung ultrasound (TELU) by Cavayas et al.1 The author examines TELU in the context of many successful “point-of-care ultrasound” (POCUS) techniques such as transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and transthoracic echocardiography, which are frequently used to examine various organs and tissue, as well as establish diagnoses.
Source: Survey of Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Techniques and Monitoring Source Type: research