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01-08-2018 | Editorial

Transthoracic echocardiography and mortality in sepsis: are we there yet?

Authors: Karan Singh, Paul Mayo

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2018

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Critical care ultrasonography (CCUS) may be considered the fifth pillar of the physical examination [1]. A major subcomponent of CCUS is echocardiography which is in widespread use by frontline intensivists. Intensive care medicine (ICM) has been at the forefront of defining the use of CCUS [2‐4]. …

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Title: Transthoracic echocardiography and mortality in sepsis: are we there yet?
Authors: Karan Singh
Paul Mayo
Publication date: 01-08-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5261-2

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