title: [The use of echocardiography in intensive care medicine].
abstract: Transthoracic echocardiography is an easily accessible, non-invasive imaging procedure for evaluation and follow-up of critically ill patients. It is particularly helpful in evaluating patients with thoracic pain, low-output syndrome or heart murmur, and has prognostic value in acute myocardial infarction. It makes a diagnostic contribution in 60 to 90% of cases, and has therapeutic implications in 50 to 65%. New ultrasound technics are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kardiologie, Regionalspital, Biel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schläpfer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedemann
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016638:Critical Illness; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
vernacular_title: Der Einsatz der Echokardiographie in der Intensivmedizin.