RT Book, Section
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.
SR Print(0)
ID 55815212
T1 Chapter 44. Point-of-Care Echocardiography in the Emergency Department
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162824-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55815212
RD 2024/04/20
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.