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Point-of-care ultrasound in emergency department sepsis and septic shock: a pragmatic framework for source-oriented assessment and physiologic reassessment
In emergency department (ED) sepsis and septic shock, early management is often dominated by two bedside uncertainties: identifying a clinically plausible infection source and determining whether additional fluid is likely to improve perfusion or worsen pulmonary or systemic congestion. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)...
Wei-Ting Chen, Yang-Tian Ye, Zi Ye et al.
· Frontiers in Medicine · 0 citations