Open AccessAccuracy of early rapid ultrasound in shock (RUSH) examination performed by emergency physician for diagnosis of shock etiology in critically ill patients
Author(s) -
Mohammad Reza Ghane,
Mohammad Hadi Gharib,
Ali Ebrahimi,
Morteza Saeedi,
Marjan AkbariKamrani,
Mohammad Rezaee,
Hamid Reza Rasouli
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.145406
Subject(s) - critically ill , shock (circulatory) , medicine , etiology , intensive care medicine , emergency department , septic shock , ultrasound , emergency physician , emergency medicine , medical emergency , radiology , surgery , sepsis , nursing
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock (RUSH) is a recently reported emergency ultrasound protocol designed to help clinicians better recognize distinctive shock etiologies in a short time. We tried to evaluate the accuracy of early RUSH protocol performed by emergency physicians to predict the shock type in critically ill patients.