TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 44. Point-of-Care Echocardiography in the Emergency Department A1 - Leech, Stephen J. A1 - Flach, Falk Eike A1 - Nickels, L. Connor A2 - Farcy, David A. A2 - Chiu, William C. A2 - Flaxman, Alex A2 - Marshall, John P. PY - 2012 T2 - Critical Care Emergency Medicine AB - Point-of-care echocardiography is ideally suited to the care of the critical patient in the emergency department or intensive care unit. It is highly accurate, noninvasive, portable, rapidly performed, easily repeatable, and simple to learn. It can provide critical information in real time that otherwise may not be available, particularly 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 - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55815212 ER -