Clinician-performed ultrasound in hemodynamic and cardiac assessment: a synopsis of current indications and limitations

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 469-480

  Kelly, N ^a   Esteve, R ^a   Papadimos, T J ^a   Sharpe, R P ^b   Keeney, S A ^b   DeQuevedo, R ^c   Portner, M ^b   Bahner, D P ^a   Stawicki, S P ^b,c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Luke's University Hospital   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hemodynamic assessment; Inferior vena cava collapsibility index (IVC CI); Intravascular volume estimation; Point of care testing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; HEART DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; HEART DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84943354150     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-014-0492-6     Document Type: Review

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