Objective. Echocardiography can be a rapid, noninvasive, objective tool in the assessment
of ventricular function and preload during resuscitation of a critically ill or injured child. We …

Background Focused echocardiographic examinations performed by intensivists and
emergency room physicians can be a valuable tool for diagnosing and managing the …

Point-of-care echocardiography is a goal-directed bedside ultrasound that can aid clinical
decision making, enhance diagnostic confidence, and facilitate judicious consultation in the …

Objective: To determine whether emergency physicians (EPs) with goal‐directed training
can use echocardiography to accurately assess left ventricular function (LVF) in hypotensive …

Objectives: Emergency department (ED) bedside echocardiography may offer useful
information on cardiac function and volume status. The authors evaluated the accuracy of …

Prompt diagnosis of children with suggested cardiac disease in the acute care setting is
critical for initiation of life-saving therapy. We hypothesized that pediatric critical care …

Methods After limited focused training, 2 trained EPs performed bedside echocardiography
(BECH) procedures s between January and June 2012 to prospectively evaluate patients …

Hemodynamic instability and inadequate cardiac performance are common in critically ill
children. The clinical assessment of hemodynamic status is reliant upon physical …

Pediatric echocardiography as performed and interpreted by pediatric cardiologists provides
details of cardiac structure and function as well as hemodynamic data. Functional …

BACKGROUND: Bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) performed by emergency
physicians (EPs) is valuable in the rapid assessment and treatment of critically ill patients …