title: Echography is mandatory for the initial management of critically ill patients: we are not sure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, North Shore/LIJ Medical Center, Hofstra North Shore/LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, USA, mayosono@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Paul H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maury
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