Bedside ultrasound in resuscitation and the rapid ultrasound in shock protocol.
Bedside ultrasound in resuscitation and the rapid ultrasound in shock protocol.
Crit Care Res Pract. 2012;2012:503254
Authors: Seif D, Perera P, Mailhot T, Riley D, Mandavia D
Abstract
Assessment of hemodynamic status in a shock state remains a challenging issue in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care. As the use of invasive hemodynamic monitoring declines, bedside-focused ultrasound has become a valuable tool in the evaluation and management of patients in shock. No longer a means to simply evaluate organ anatomy, ultrasound has expanded to become a rapid and noninvasive method for the assessment of patient physiology. Clinicians caring for critical patients should strongly consider integrating ultrasound into their resuscitation pathways.
PMID: 23133747 [PubMed]
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - Category: Intensive Care Tags: Crit Care Res Pract Source Type: research