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Echocardiographic windows in emergency departaments

2014; Springer Nature; Volume: 6; Issue: S1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/2036-7902-6-s1-a10

2036-7902

A Oviedo-García, M Algaba-Montes, J Lopez-Libano, JM Alvarez-Franco, N Diaz-Rodriguez, Andrés Rodríguez-Lorenzo, Alexandra Grau,

Trauma Management and Diagnosis

Background in Spain the skills of professionals of Emergency departament (ED) in the process of echocardiography have been discussed for decades. The current scientific evidence supports the use of echocardiography by the Emergency physicians (EP) in a resounding manner, due to its speed, agility and safety for the patient, by providing an early diagnosis of serious or potentially serious diseases. On the other hand, the use of ultrasound extends to almost all specialities (cardiologists, urologists, gynecologists, gastroenterologists...) in such a way that it already speaks of “Ultrasound as the stethoscope for the future”. ED doctors cannot be left behind.