LA Area
Lopez L, et al. "Recommendations for quantification methods during the performance of a pediatric
echocardiogram: A report from the pediatric measurements writing group of the American Society of
Echocardiography pediatric and congenital heart disease council. "
Journal of the American Society of
Echocardiograph
2010; 23:465-495.
TAPSE
Rudski L, Lai W, et al. "Guidelines for the echocardiographic assessment of the right heart in adults: a
report from the American Society of Echocardiography."
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiograph
2010: 685-713.
IVC Percentage Collapse
Lyon M, Verma N. "Ultrasound guided volume assessment using inferior vena cava diameter."
The Open
Emergency Medicine Journal
2010; 3:22-24.
Errata
This section provides corrections of information in the user guide.
Obstetrics calculations settings
Creating custom obstetrics measurements
Setting up custom obstetric tables
You can use the X-Porte OB Custom Table Editor, a Microsoft Excel file available at www.sonosite.com,
to set up custom obstetric gestational age and growth analysis tables.
To use custom obstetric tables
1 Use the X-Porte OB Custom Table Editor to create custom tables.
2 Save the file to a location on your hard drive.
3 Copy the file to a USB memory stick.
4 Insert the memory stick into the X-Porte system and import the tables.
Measurement references
Measurement publications and terminology
Stroke Volume (SV) Doppler in ml
Oh, J.K., J.B. Seward, A.J. Tajik. The Echo Manual. 3rd ed., Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and
Wilkins, (2007), p.69-71.
SV = (CSA * VTI)
where:
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