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Myths about critical care echocardiography: the ten false beliefs that intensivists should understand

Authors: Paul Mayo, Armand Mekontso Dessap, Antoine Vieillard-Baron

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2015

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Critical care echocardiography (CCE) is a well-established method to evaluate and monitor patients with hemodynamic failure. Use of CCE is a routine part of critical care practice coincident with its introduction into training programs and the widespread availability of courses for attending level intensivists who seek competence in the field [1‐3]. We have identified a number of false perceptions regarding CCE (Fig. 1). The editor of Intensive Care Medicine has asked us to review ten of these false myths, the discussion of which is the subject of this editorial.

Myth #1 Every CCE examination should be comprehensive.
No, this is not the case.

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Title: Myths about critical care echocardiography: the ten false beliefs that intensivists should understand
Authors: Paul Mayo
Armand Mekontso Dessap
Antoine Vieillard-Baron
Publication date: 01-06-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3622-z

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