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. 2022 Apr 21;14:15. doi: 10.1186/s13089-022-00267-5

Table 2.

Availability of specific views and completeness of standard views per indication

Indication (N) Standard view Availability of a specific view N (%) Completeness of all standard views N (%)
Heart (26) PLAX 22 (84.6) 7 (26.9)
PSSA 15 (57.7)
A4CH 19 (73.1)
Subxiphoidal 13 (50)
Lung (28) Anterior left 11 (39.3) 5 (17.9)
Lateral left 9 (32.1)
Posterior left 5 (17.9)
Anterior right 11 (39.3)
Lateral right 11 (39.3)
Posterior right 10 (35.7)
Inferior vena cava (42) Longitudinal view 38 (90.5) 38 (90.5)
Free abdominal fluid (41) Right upper quadrant 33 (80.5) 21 (51.2)
Left upper quadrant 29 (70.7)
Recto-uterine/rectovesical pouch 21 (51.2)
Kidneys (39) Left longitudinal 27 (69.2) 3 (7.7)
Left transversal 4 (10.3)
Right longitudinal 34 (87.2)
Right transversal 5 (12.8)
Bladder (16) Transversal 7 (43.8) 5 (31.3)
Sagittal 8 (50)
Deep vein thrombosis (53) v. femoralis communis 51 (96.2) 32 (60.4)
v. femoralis at level of saphena magna 46 (86.8)
v. femoralis at level of perforator vein 37 (69.8)
v. femoralis superficialis branching 33 (62.3)
v. poplitea proximal to trifurcation 49 (92.5)
Abdominal aorta (3) Transversal proximal 2 (66.7) 1 (33.3)
Transversal medial 3 (100)
Transversal distal 2 (66.7)
Longitudinal 2 (66.7)
Gall bladder (6) Transversal 4 (66.7) 4 (66.7)
Longitudinal 6 (100)