Echocardiographic Assessment Using Subxiphoid-Only Examination for Hypotensive PatientsJennifer R. Howell-Clark 1, Yuriy S. Bronshteyn 2, Aliaksei Pustavoitau 3, David Convissar 4, Nibras Bughrara 5
1Albany Medical College, 2Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, 3Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University, 4University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5Department of Anesthesiology, Albany Medical Center
The protocol here provides a rapid, phenotype-based approach for focused ultrasound evaluation of the hypotensive patient, using subcostal images of the inferior vena cava and heart, with additional views of the upper lungs and pleural spaces.
