Saved by focused echo evaluation in resuscitation.
A 74-year-old woman received thrombolysis for pericarditis. She subsequently developed shock and cardiac arrest. The case report describes the events of how a simple immediate bedside focused echo proved to be a life saving assessment. Current availability and training issues in focused transthoracic echo are discussed.
Department of Anaesthesia, Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset, UK. nigel.hollister@doctors.org.uk
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D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation; D013909:Thorax