Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography

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During the last years there has been a growing interest for “Point of Care Ultrasound” in critical care medicine. FATE (Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography) is goal-directed echocardiography for cardio-pulmonary optimisation in the ICU and critical care environment. At Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark a FATE educational program has been offered all members of the medical staff and the FATE-protocol is now mandatory when admitting acute patients to the ICU.

The essential elements of FATE can be printed on a double-sided laminated card and carried in the pocket. Thousands of FATE cards have recently been distributed worldwide and can be requested free of charge from the website: http://fate-protocol.com/

Picture: Erik Sloth Erik Sloth, MD., Ph.D., DMSc.
Department of Anaesthesiology
Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
8200 Aarhus N

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 09:54:45