TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Point-of-Care Echocardiography in the Emergency Department A1 - Shillcutt, Sasha K. A1 - Johnson, Daniel W. A1 - Ablordeppey, Enyo A. A2 - Farcy, David A. A2 - Chiu, William C. A2 - Marshall, John P. A2 - Osborn, Tiffany M. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e AB - Point-of-care echocardiography is ideally suited to the care of the critical patient in the emergency department (ED), intensive care unit (ICU), or perioperative arena. It is highly accurate, noninvasive, portable, rapidly performed, easily repeatable, and simple to learn. It can provide critical information in real time in the setting of life-threatening emergencies. Point-of-care echocardiography increases patient safety, improves diagnostic accuracy, reduces diagnostic uncertainty, improves efficiency, and saves lives. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135703660 ER -