Ultrasonography in the Critical Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

This article summarizes the utility and evidence supporting the use of ultrasound exams in the intensive care unit.

Recent findings

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is widely used by intensivists managing critically ill patients whereby they can accurately and rapidly assess for many pathologies such as pneumothorax, pulmonary edema, hydronephrosis, hemoperitoneum, and deep vein thrombosis among others. Basic and advanced critical care echocardiography, including transesophageal echocardiography, are routinely performed to determine the etiology of hemodynamic instability in undifferentiated shock and to guide subsequent therapy. The use of POCUS in the assessment of volume status is controversial with studies demonstrating that respiratory variation o

SUBMITTER: Guevarra K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7481757 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature