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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie

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01-04-2018 | Editorials

Point-of-care ultrasound: a protean opportunity for perioperative care

Authors: Gregory L. Bryson, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Hilary P. Grocott, MD, FRCPC, FASE

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 4/2018

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In the Odyssey, Menelaus was becalmed on the island of Pharos while returning home from the Battle of Troy. Idothea, the daughter of Proteus, the old man of the sea, pitied Menelaus. Proteus was equally renowned for his abilities to both change his shape and foresee the future. Idothea told Menelaus, “If you can snare [Proteus] and hold him tight, he will tell you about your voyage, what courses you are to take, and how you are to sail the sea so as to reach your home”.1 So what does ancient Greek mythology have to do with ultrasound? …

Homer. The Odyssey. Book IV. Translated by Samuel Butler. The Internet Classics Archive by Daniel C. Stephenson. Web Atomics (C) 1994–2009. Available from URL: http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.4.iv.html. Accessed Dec 2017.

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Title: Point-of-care ultrasound: a protean opportunity for perioperative care
Authors: Gregory L. Bryson, MD, FRCPC, MSc
Hilary P. Grocott, MD, FRCPC, FASE
Publication date: 01-04-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 4/2018
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1069-3

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