The Role of Focused Echocardiography in Pediatric Intensive Care: A Critical Appraisal

Figure 3

M mode echocardiography from subcostal view in a five-year-old patient in septic shock for urinary tract infection under mechanical ventilation, with sustained hypotension after volume expansion with 60 mL/kg of saline solution. Bedside echocardiography showed significant respiratory changes in IVC diameter, which, along with other clinical and monitoring data, suggested that fluid resuscitation should be maintained. dIVC = 90%, where   × 100.