Echocardiography In Sepsis: Can One Snapshot Tell The Whole Story?

It is with great interest that we read the single-center retrospective cohort study by Blank and Blank on the impact of echocardiography on mortality in sepsis in Critical Care Medicine. (1) Not only does this study add to the body of literature on sepsis, a major contributor to hospital morbidity and mortality, it also provokes an important discussion on how to best utilize echocardiography to manage our patients. (2)
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research