A, B, C, D, echo: Limited transthoracic echocardiogram is a useful tool to guide therapy for hypotension in the trauma bay - A pilot study

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 220-223

  Ferrada, Paula ^a   Vanguri, Poornima ^a   Anand, Rahul J ^a   Whelan, James ^a   Duane, Therese ^a   Aboutanos, Michel ^a   Malhotra, Ajai ^a   Ivatury, Rao ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiogram for fluid status management; echocardiogram in the trauma bay; echocardiogram in trauma patients; Limited echocardiogram; vena cava diameter as guide for fluid status management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMITED TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872068858     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318278918a     Document Type: Article

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