Echocardiography in the emergency room

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Ehokardiografija u hitnim stanjima
• Author: Allen Nicholas Jerčinović
• Mentor: Nikola Bulj (mentor)
• Committee member: Nikola Bulj (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Diana Delić-Brkljačić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Martina Lovrić Benčić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; (Department of Internal Medicine); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-07-17, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences; Internal Medicine
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences; Emergency Medicine

Abstract

Echocardiography, in the hands of a skilled user, has proven to be a highly resourceful and efficient diagnostic tool. It provides real-time, localized, accurate information. Echocardiography can also be used to aid various bedside procedures, complementing them with added accuracy and proficiency. Today, more than 60 years after its initial conception, echocardiography is established enough to be in a widespread use even outside the cardiology unit. As echocardiography expands into more diverse scenarios, hospitals have begun to develop and adopt protocols that call for the regular use of echocardiography in their emergency departments. High yield emergency situations where echocardiography has shown great benefit include acute patient complaints due to chest pain, shortness of breath, or circulatory shock. Emergency echocardiography can also provide valuable data about a variety of conditions with cardiac involvement. While echocardiography has shown great promise, results vary due to a number of factors. To promote the proficient use of echocardiography, numerous organizations have provided recommendations for its safe and efficient use in emergency settings. Echocardiography is often regarded as one of the most challenging ultrasound skills for emergency physicians to become comfortable with. Echocardiography, skillfully performed, is an invaluable method for the evaluation of acute cardiovascular presentations in the emergency department.

Abstract (croatian)

Ehokardiografija se u rukama iskusnih korisnika pokazala kao vrlo snalažljiv i učinkovit dijagnostički alat. Omogućuje lokalizirane i točne informacije. Ehokardiografija se također može koristiti za pomoć u različitim postupcima uz krevet,
nadopunjujući ih s dodatnom točnošću i stručnošću. Danas, više od 60 godina nakon početka, ehokardiografija je uspostavljena za široku primjenu čak i izvan kardiološke jedinice. Kako se ehokardiografija širi na više različitih scenarija, bolnice su počele razvijati i usvajati protokole koji zahtijevaju redovitu upotrebu ehokardiografije u svojim hitnim odjelima.
Hitne situacije u kojima je ehokardiografija pokazala veliku korist uključuju akutne pritužbe pacijenta zbog boli u prsima, nedostatka daha ili krvožilnog šoka. Hitna ehokardiografija također može pružiti vrijedne podatke o različitim srčanim stanjima.
Iako ehokardiografija pokazuje velike mogućnosti, rezultati se razlikuju zbog niza čimbenika. Da bi promovirali stručno korištenje ehokardiografije, brojne organizacije pružile su preporuke za njenu sigurnu i učinkovitu upotrebu u hitnim situacijama. Često se ehokardiografija smatra jednom od najizazovnijih vještina ultrazvuka za liječnike hitne pomoći. Vješto izvedena ehokardiografija neprocjenjivo je vrijedna metoda za procjenu akutnih kardiovaskularnih stanja na odjelu hitne pomoći.

• Keywords: echocardiography; emergency; ultrasound; cardiology; emergency medicine
• Keywords (croatian): ehokardiografija; hitne službe; ultrazvuk; kardiologija; hitna medicina
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:810456
• Study programme: Title: Medicine (in English language); Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-10-06 08:32:38