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The Effect of Perioperative Rescue Transesophageal Echocardiography on the Management of Trauma Patients

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: To evaluate the effect of rescue transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) on the management of trauma patients, we reviewed imaging and charts of unstable trauma patients at a level I trauma center. Critical rescue TEE findings included acute right ventricular failure, stress cardiomyopathy, type B aortic dissection, mediastinal air, and dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Left ventricular filling was classified as low (underfilled) in 57% of all cases. Rescue TEE revealed a variety of new diagnoses and led to a change in resuscitation strategy about half of the time.

Source: A & A Case Reports

DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000000320

Authors: Matthew J. Griffee, Andrew Singleton, Joshua M. Zimmerman, David E. Morgan, Raminder Nirula

Institutions: University of Southern California, University of Utah

Language: English

Topic: Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

Subfield: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health