Appendix 1 ABA Exam Content Related to Perioperative Ultrasound Primary Certification – Basic Topics Neck (Including Doppler Ultrasound for Central Venous Access) Physics of Doppler ultrasound Primary Certification – Advanced Topics Ultrasound-Guided Placement of Invasive Catheters (Arterial, Central Venous) and Nerve Blocks Peripheral and Autonomic Nerve Blocks: Indications, Contraindications, Techniques, Clinical Assessment, Complications, Use of Nerve Stimulators, Use of Ultrasound Heart Function: Heart Tones, Electrocardiogram (ECG), Echocardiography, Doppler, Cardiac Output Echocardiography: Technical Aspects, Complications Echocardiographic Heart Anatomy: Chambers, Valves, Great Vessels, Pericardium, Basic Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) Views Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction and Acute Coronary Syndrome; Clinical, ECG, Enzymes, Echocardiography, Nuclear Techniques Perioperative Diagnosis and Treatment of Ischemia; ECG, TEE Valvular Heart Disease: Diagnosis (Including Echocardiography) Cardiac Tamponade and Constrictive Pericarditis: Diagnosis, TEE, PA Catheter Pulmonary embolism: Diagnosis, TEE findings Maintenance of Certification Monitoring methods: Heart function - heart tones, ECG, echocardiography, cardiac output TEE ischemic heart disease, valve function, emboli detection, congenital heart – disease, pericardial fluid/tamponade, ventricular function and preload assessment Critical Care Medicine Imaging: Cardiac Ultrasound (TTE, TEE) Other Bedside Ultrasound (assessment of intravascular volume, etc.) Renal Diagnostic modalities: Angiography, CT/MRI, Diagnostic x-ray, Ultrasound Obstetric imaging: ultrasound Endocrine imaging: ultrasound Gastrointestinal imaging: ultrasound Procedures: Ultrasound: Indications, application, Physics of Ultrasound, Interpretation
Appendix 1 ABA Exam Content Related to Perioperative Ultrasound Primary Certification – Basic Topics Neck (Including Doppler Ultrasound for Central Venous Access) Physics of Doppler ultrasound Primary Certification – Advanced Topics Ultrasound-Guided Placement of Invasive Catheters (Arterial, Central Venous) and Nerve Blocks Peripheral and Autonomic Nerve Blocks: Indications, Contraindications, Techniques, Clinical Assessment, Complications, Use of Nerve Stimulators, Use of Ultrasound Heart Function: Heart Tones, Electrocardiogram (ECG), Echocardiography, Doppler, Cardiac Output Echocardiography: Technical Aspects, Complications Echocardiographic Heart Anatomy: Chambers, Valves, Great Vessels, Pericardium, Basic Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) Views Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction and Acute Coronary Syndrome; Clinical, ECG, Enzymes, Echocardiography, Nuclear Techniques Perioperative Diagnosis and Treatment of Ischemia; ECG, TEE Valvular Heart Disease: Diagnosis (Including Echocardiography) Cardiac Tamponade and Constrictive Pericarditis: Diagnosis, TEE, PA Catheter Pulmonary embolism: Diagnosis, TEE findings Maintenance of Certification Monitoring methods: Heart function - heart tones, ECG, echocardiography, cardiac output TEE – ischemic heart disease, valve function, emboli detection, congenital heart disease, pericardial fluid/tamponade, ventricular function and preload assessment Critical Care Medicine Imaging: Cardiac Ultrasound (TTE, TEE) Other Bedside Ultrasound (assessment of intravascular volume, etc.) Renal Diagnostic modalities: Angiography, CT/MRI, Diagnostic x-ray, Ultrasound Obstetric imaging: ultrasound Endocrine imaging: ultrasound Gastrointestinal imaging: ultrasound Procedures: Ultrasound: Indications, application, Physics of Ultrasound, Interpretation
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