Focused echocardiographic evaluation in resuscitation management: Concept of an advanced life support-conformed algorithm

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Breitkreutz, Raoul ^a   Walcher, Felix ^a   Seeger, Florian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Critical care ultrasound; Emergency echocardiography; Focused echocardiographic evaluation in resuscitation; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ASYSTOLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PACEMAKER; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING;

EID: 34247382115     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000260626.23848.FC     Document Type: Review

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