[Experience with real-time sonography in an internal medicine intensive care unit].
We investigated 51 patients in a prospective study by sonography at the earliest possible opportunity after admission to an intensive-care unit. At least one pathological finding was detected in 39 patients (76,5%). We found sonographic examination helpful for further intensive-care treatment, especially in cases where the indication for sonography arose from an acute situation. We would therefore like to suggest to use sonography more often in intensive-care diagnostics. However, sonographic examination is not recommended as a routine measure.
D000005:Abdomen; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D013909:Thorax; D014463:Ultrasonography
Erfahrungen mit der real-time-Sonographie auf einer internistischen Intensivstation.