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 …

Focused transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) during cardiac arrest resuscitation can
enable the characterization of myocardial activity, identify potentially treatable pathologies …

Background Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been proposed as a modality to
assess patients in the setting of cardiac arrest, both during resuscitation care and following …

Cardiac arrest is one of the most challenging patient presentations managed by emergency
care providers, and echocardiography can be instrumental in the diagnosis, prognosis, and …

Introduction Cardiac arrest management primarily focuses on optimal chest compressions
and early defibrillation for shockable cardiac rhythms. Non-shockable rhythms such as …

Abstract The POCUS-CA (Point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac arrest) is a diagnostic tool in
the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department setting. The literature indicates that in …

We propose that transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can be used to guide cardiac
arrest resuscitation. We undertook a literature search (Medline and EMBase) to assess …

The emergency department (ED) is the main receiving area for all out-of-hospital cardiac
arrests and the setting for approximately 10% of all in-hospital cardiac arrests. 1 The rate of …

Background Critical care transesophageal echocardiography (ccTEE) is an increasingly
popular tool used by intensivists to characterize and manage hemodynamics at the bedside …

Introduction Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a standard procedure for emergency
physicians (EPs). Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is known to have great utility in …