Role of Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Overview of the Most Common Clinical Scenarios
The intensive care unit (ICU) is among the more important settings in which echocardiography plays a pivotal role. The ease of use, speed of execution, and completeness of information on heart anatomy and function that echocardiography is able to provide makes this tool the perfect diagnostic techni...
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| author | Luca Longobardo Concetta Zito Scipione Carerj Giuseppe Caracciolo Bijoy K. Khandheria |
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| description | The intensive care unit (ICU) is among the more important settings in which echocardiography plays a pivotal role. The ease of use, speed of execution, and completeness of information on heart anatomy and function that echocardiography is able to provide makes this tool the perfect diagnostic technique in patients for whom exhaustive information must be quickly obtained by physicians who sometimes lack specific skills in cardiovascular imaging. However, the clinical entities encountered by ICU clinicians are often difficult to distinguish and patient symptoms may not be obvious. This brief review describes three common clinical scenarios that benefit from echocardiography in the ICU, based on symptoms frequently claimed by patients admitted to the ICU. For each symptom we describe the most likely clinical possibilities, underlining the fundamental role that echocardiography plays in the differential diagnosis, and the echocardiographic elements most relevant to obtain the correct diagnosis and to guide treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-afccd589b134408bae1323bf2b8882262023-02-02T19:58:59ZengAdvocate Aurora HealthJournal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews2330-06982018-07-015323924310.17294/2330-0698.1631Role of Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Overview of the Most Common Clinical ScenariosLuca Longobardo0Concetta Zito1Scipione Carerj2Giuseppe Caracciolo3Bijoy K. Khandheria4University of Messina, Messina, ItalyUniversity of Messina, Messina, Italy;University of Messina, Messina, Italy;Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WIAurora St. Luke’s Medical Center and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, WI; Marcus Family Fund for Echocardiography (ECHO) Research and Education, Milwaukee, WIThe intensive care unit (ICU) is among the more important settings in which echocardiography plays a pivotal role. The ease of use, speed of execution, and completeness of information on heart anatomy and function that echocardiography is able to provide makes this tool the perfect diagnostic technique in patients for whom exhaustive information must be quickly obtained by physicians who sometimes lack specific skills in cardiovascular imaging. However, the clinical entities encountered by ICU clinicians are often difficult to distinguish and patient symptoms may not be obvious. This brief review describes three common clinical scenarios that benefit from echocardiography in the ICU, based on symptoms frequently claimed by patients admitted to the ICU. For each symptom we describe the most likely clinical possibilities, underlining the fundamental role that echocardiography plays in the differential diagnosis, and the echocardiographic elements most relevant to obtain the correct diagnosis and to guide treatment.https://digitalrepository.aurorahealthcare.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1631&context=jpcrrintensive care unitechocardiographycardiogenic shockcardiac tamponadepulmonary embolism |
| spellingShingle | Luca Longobardo Concetta Zito Scipione Carerj Giuseppe Caracciolo Bijoy K. Khandheria Role of Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Overview of the Most Common Clinical Scenarios Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews intensive care unit echocardiography cardiogenic shock cardiac tamponade pulmonary embolism |
| title | Role of Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Overview of the Most Common Clinical Scenarios |
| title_full | Role of Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Overview of the Most Common Clinical Scenarios |
| title_fullStr | Role of Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Overview of the Most Common Clinical Scenarios |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Overview of the Most Common Clinical Scenarios |
| title_short | Role of Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit: Overview of the Most Common Clinical Scenarios |
| title_sort | role of echocardiography in the intensive care unit overview of the most common clinical scenarios |
| topic | intensive care unit echocardiography cardiogenic shock cardiac tamponade pulmonary embolism |
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