Point of Care Ultrasound Shock Protocols for Patients’ Bedside Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Tamponade: a Case Report and Literature Review
(2022) SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine — Vol. 4, n° 1, p. 8p (2022)
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de Visscher, Valérie 
Moureau, Gauthier Gendebien, Felix Dupriez, Florence
- Abstract
- Point-of-care ultrasound reduces diagnosis uncertainty, increases diagnosis accuracy, and improves the treatment of patients presenting to the emergency department with undifferentiated hypotension secondary to a tamponade. The following narrative review describes how the literature supports the use of point-of-care ultrasound as a major adjunct of clinical examination, diagnosis, and treatment for patients presenting in shock due to cardiac tamponade using different point-of-care ultrasound protocols. When used by trained physicians, we believe that point-of-care ultrasound should be part of every protocol for the management of shocked patients in emergency departments.
- Affiliations
Emergency Department Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc
Citations
de Visscher, V., Moureau, G., Gendebien, F., & Dupriez, F. (2022). Point of Care Ultrasound Shock Protocols for Patients’ Bedside Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Tamponade: a Case Report and Literature Review. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 4(1), 8p. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01197-y (Original work published 2022)