Echocardiography for management of hypotension in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Subramaniam, Balachundhar ^a   Talmor, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypotension; Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; Pericardial tamponade; Pulmonary embolism; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AORTA DISSECTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVICE; DIASTOLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYSTOLE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRAINING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 34547659040     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000270277.29661.3B     Document Type: Review

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