title: The ICM research agenda on critical care ultrasonography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Critical care ultrasonography has utility for the diagnosis and management of critical illness and is in widespread use by frontline intensivists. As there is a need for research to validate and extend its utility, the Editor of Intensive Care Medicine included critical care ultrasonography as a topic in the ICM Research Agenda issue.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eleven international experts in the field of critical care ultrasonography contributed to the writing project. With the intention of developing a research agenda for the field, they reviewed best standards of care, new advances in the field, common beliefs that have been contradicted by recent trials, and unanswered questions related to critical care ultrasonography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The writing group focused on the provision of training in critical care ultrasonography, technological advances, and some specific clinical applications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The writing group identified several fields of interest for research and proposed ten research studies that would address important aspects of critical care ultrasonography.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Hofstra Northwell Northshore/Long Island Jewish Medical Centers, New Hyde Park, NY, USA. mayosono@gmail.com.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arntfield
authors.affiliation: Department on Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, U nemocnice 2, 12 800, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balik
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kory
authors.affiliation: Praxis for Internal Medicine, Bahnhofstraße 16, 6830, Rankweil, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mathis
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Médical. CHU Sud, Amiens, France.|Unité INSERM 1088, UPJV, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slama
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Volpicelli
authors.affiliation: N. Xirouchaki Intensive Care Unit, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Xirouchaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nepean Hospital, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.affiliation: Medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Ambroise Paré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.|INSERM U-1018, CESP, Team 5, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, 140, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vieillard-Baron
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D059039:Standard of Care; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Research; Training; Transesophageal Echocardiography; Ultrasonography