Task force III: Diagnostic Procedures

Dillon, James C.; Vasu, C.Mark; Berman, Daniel S.; DeMaria, Anthony N.; Goldstein, Sidney; Mandel, William J.; Warren, James V.

doi:10.1016/0002-9149(82)90195-3

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“…Two dimensional echocardiography provides detailed information regarding the size and wall thickness of the cardiac chambers, left ventricular contractility, all four cardiac valves and the pericardium. Doppler ultrasound when combined with colour flow mapping provides additional physiological information regarding valve function, left ventricular function, intracardiac shunts and pulmonary artery disease 6,113,114 .…”

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Ultrasound in emergency medicine

Kruk

1994

Emergency Medicine

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Ultrasound is a safe, non‐invasive portable imaging modality, applicable to many areas of emergency medicine. Its use in emergencies such as suspected ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, haemoperitoneum secondary to blunt abdominal trauma and cardiac tamponade is well established. Its efficacy in such diverse conditions as acute appendicitis, gallstones, renal stones and urinary obstruction, obstetric and gynaecological conditions, deep venous thrombosis, scrotal pain and soft tissue foreign body localisation has also been demonstrated. Echocardiography is particularly useful in the investigation of aortic dissection, ischaemic heart disease, suspected pericardial effusion and cardiothoracic trauma. Emergency physicians have been successfully trained in the technique in other countries. The time is right for Australasian emergency physicians to become trained in ultrasonography, use the technique in daily practice and share this knowledge with other emergency physicians and trainees.

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confidence: 99%