RT Book, Section
A1 Mayo, Paul H.
A2 Carmody, Kristin A.
A2 Moore, Christopher L.
A2 Feller-Kopman, David
SR Print(0)
ID 56302282
T1 Chapter 25. Approach to the Patient with Undifferentiated Hypotension
T2 Handbook of Critical Care and Emergency Ultrasound
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160489-5
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56302282
RD 2024/04/23
AB Hemodynamic  insufficiency,  presenting  as  hypotension  and  shock,  is  a  common  presentation  in  both  the  emergency  and  critical  care  setting.  The  etiology  of  hypotension  may  be  easily  identifiable  in  such  cases  as  massive  hemorrhage,  profound  dehydration,  sepsis,  or  severe  cardiac  dysrhythmia.  More  often,  there  is  ambiguity  as  to  the  cause  of  a  patient's  hypotension,  especially  when  no  good  history  is  available  and  the  physical  examination  and  laboratory  values  are  unrevealing.  In  the  patient  with  hypotension  and  no  identifiable  cause,  appropriate  initial  management  may  be  delayed.  In  this  situation,  the  physician  may  use  bedside  ultrasonography  to  rapidly  assess  the  patient  for  various  causes  of  shock,  possibly  leading  to  immediate  life-saving  interventions.