Critical Care Echocardiography as a Routine Procedure for the Detection and Early Treatment of Cardiac Pathologies.

ABSTRACT: Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography are important investigations in the intensive care unit (ICU) to diagnose acute cardiac pathologies and assess the haemodynamic status. Recommendations for critical care echocardiography (CCE) have been published recently, but these still lack an evidence-based foundation. It is not known if performing transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) on a routine basis instead of only when required in acute cases is feasible or clinically useful. In this single-centre prospective observational study, we routinely performed TTE on 111 consecutive non-cardiological, non-cardiothoracic surgical ICU patients in two surgical ICUs in a tertiary care facility. Significant cardiac pathologies were detected in 82 (76.6%) and critical cardiac pathologies in 33

SUBMITTER: Schmidt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7555963 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature