Transesophageal echocardiography in the intensive care unit: Impact on diagnosis and decision-making
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Transesophageal echocardiography in the intensive care unit: impact on diagnosis and decision-making.
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is widely used in the management of patients in intensive care units. The present study assesses the specific value of this technique in various categories of these patients. We reviewed 113 studies performed in 100 such patients for: suspected aortic dissection (25), suspected endocarditis (33), source of emboli assessment (19), hemodynamic instability (1...
متن کاملTransesophageal echocardiography in the intensive care unit.
Transesophageal echocardiography provides unique diagnostic capabilities, allowing for a very precise look at the structure and hemodynamics of the human heart. It is minimally invasive and portable, and quickly diagnoses sudden hemodynamic changes in intensive care patients. It provides invaluable and precise information about myocardial dysfunction and intracardiac volume status. It can diagn...
متن کاملEchocardiography in the intensive care unit.
As ultrasound technology improves and ultrasound availability increases, echocardiography utilization is growing within intensive care units. Although not replacing the often-needed comprehensive echocardiographic evaluation, limited bedside echocardiography promises to provide intensivists with enhanced diagnostic ability and improved hemodynamic understanding of individual patients. Routine a...
متن کاملRoutine chest radiography in intensive care: impact on decision-making.
OBJECTIVE This study determined the prevalence of clinical abnormalities in chest radiographs and its relationship with decision-making in intensive care. METHODS This prospective cohort study involved nonconsecutive patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit at the Hospital Universitário Professor Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Imaging...
متن کاملImpact of Hyperglycemia Duration on Mortality and Ventilator Dependence in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Background: Hyperglycemia is an independent risk factor for mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICU).Herein, we aimed to investigate the relationship of hyperglycemia duration with mortality and ventilator dependence in infants admitted to NICU.Methods: In this original retrospective study, data was collected between October 2015 and December 2015 from NICU of Dr. Sheikh Children’s Hos...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0160-9289,1932-8737
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960170807