ICU-sound protocol
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Clinical significance
- enhances real-time diagnostic ability in comatose or deeply sedated patients
- impact on patient outcomes unknown[1]
Procedure
- head-to-toe ultrasound evaluation conducted at ICU admission
More general terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manno E et al Deep impact of ultrasound in the intensive care unit: The "ICU-sound" protocol. Anesthesiology 2012 Oct; 117:801 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22990179