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- Anthony J Weekes and Dale P Quirke.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Anthony.Weekes@carolinashealthcare.org
- Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am.. 2011 Nov 1;29(4):759-87, vi-vii.
AbstractEmergency echocardiography refers to the use of cardiac ultrasound to address critical and time-sensitive clinical questions during the initial evaluation and treatment of the critically ill patient presenting to the emergency department. The information obtained can be pivotal to a physician's clinical decision making and can guide further diagnostic or therapeutic interventions. This article provides an evidence-based discussion of the common uses of emergency transthoracic echocardiography, as well as its benefits and limitations in the current practice of emergency medicine.Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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