Point-of-care multiorgan ultrasonography for the evaluation of undifferentiated hypotension in the emergency department

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1290-1298

  Volpicelli, G ^a   Lamorte, A ^a   Tullio, M ^a   Cardinale, L ^a   Giraudo, M ^b   Stefanone, V ^a   Boero, E ^a   Nazerian, P ^c   Pozzi, R ^a   Frascisco, M F ^a  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hypotension; Shock; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG CONGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNDIFFERENTIATED HYPOTENSION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; ITALY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK; VEINS;

EID: 84879107742     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-2919-7     Document Type: Article

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