Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29149863›Full record

ReviewCritical care (London, England)2017

Pearls and pitfalls in comprehensive critical care echocardiography.

Sam Orde, Michel Slama, Andrew Hilton, Konstantin Yastrebov, Anthony McLean

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In one paragraph

Review in Critical care (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Comparative Evaluation of Three Transthoracic Echocardiographic Techniques for Cardiac Output and Stroke Volume Assessment Across Hemodynamic States.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2026
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  11. Left Atrial Hemodynamics and Clinical Utility in Heart Failure.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2024
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  14. Role of cardiac imaging in management of heart failure.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sam OrdeIntensive Care Unit, Nepean Hospital, Kingswood, Sydney, NSW, Australia. samorde@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5785-4707
Michel SlamaMedical Intensive Care Unit, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France.
Andrew HiltonIntensive Care Unit, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Konstantin YastrebovIntensive Care Unit, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Anthony McLeanIntensive Care Unit, Nepean Hospital, Kingswood, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Nepean Hospital · AUAustin Hospital · AUCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie · FRSt George Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Critical care echocardiography is developing rapidly with an increasing number of specialists now performing comprehensive studies using Doppler and other advanced techniques. However, this imaging can be challenging, interpretation is far from simple in the complex critically ill patient and mistakes can be easy to make. We aim to address clinically relevant areas where potential errors may occur and suggest methods to hopefully improve accuracy of imaging and interpretation.

Indexed as

Critical CareEchocardiographyHeart Function TestsHumansStroke VolumeAdvancedCritical careDopplerEchocardiographyIntensive care

Identifiers

PMID29149863
PMCPMC5693549
OpenAlexW2771027346

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