Focused echocardiographic evaluation in life support and peri-resuscitation of emergency patients: A prospective trial

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1527-1533

  Breitkreutz, Raoul ^a,d   Price, Susanna ^b   Steiger, Holger V ^c   Seeger, Florian H ^d   Ilper, Hendrik ^d   Ackermann, Hanns ^d   Rudolph, Marcus ^e   Uddin, Shahana ^f   Weigand, Markus A ^g   Müller, Edgar ^h   Walcher, Felix ^d  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^f BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h Emergency Medical Service of the Darmstadt Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardio pulmonary resuscitation; CPR; Echocardiography; FEEL; Life support; Peri resuscitation; Pre hospital care; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; FOCUSED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION IN LIFE SUPPORT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149371903     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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