title: Echography is mandatory for the initial management of critically ill patients: no.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Orbassano, Turin, Italy, gio.volpicelli@tin.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Volpicelli
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balik
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Georgopoulos
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D003657:Decision Making; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units