ReviewThe ultrasound journal2021
Point-of-care ultrasound in cardiorespiratory arrest (POCUS-CA): narrative review article.
Review in The ultrasound journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical and Financial Value of Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound During Traumatic Cardiac Arrest.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Positioning Statement on the Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Cardiovascular Medicine - 2026.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2026Article
- Neonatal SONography Assisted Resuscitation (NeoSONAR): Scoping review of the current literature and future directions.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Post-cardiac arrest imaging: Unraveling etiology and predicting neurological outcome.World journal of radiology · 2025Review
- The role of serial point-of-care ultrasound during cardiac arrest to predict termination of resuscitation.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Evolving role of point-of-care ultrasound in prehospital emergency care: a narrative review.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Non-invasive Monitor of Effective Chest Compressions with Carotid and Femoral Artery Ultrasound in the Emergency Department.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Emergency Ultrasound in the Context of Cardiac Arrest and Circulatory Shock: "How to Avoid Cardiac Arrest".Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Role of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest; A Narrative Review.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2025Review
- Modernization of Cardiac Advanced Life Support: Role and Value of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist Intensivist in Post-Cardiac Surgery Arrest Resuscitation.Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia · 2024Review
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- Echocardiography in Cardiac Arrest: Incremental Diagnostic and Prognostic Role during Resuscitation Care.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Vital Tool for Anesthesiologists in the Perioperative and Critical Care Settings.Cureus · 2024Review
- Pericardiocentesis, Chest Tube Insertion, and Needle Thoracostomy During Resuscitation of Nontraumatic Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Critical care explorations · 2024Observational
- Study of risk factors for injuries due to cardiopulmonary resuscitation with special focus on the role of the heart: A machine learning analysis of a prospective registry with multiple sources of information (ReCaPTa Study).Resuscitation plus · 2024Article
- The role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) imaging in clinical outcomes during cardiac arrest: a systematic review.The ultrasound journal · 2024Review
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound-History, Current and Evolving Clinical Concepts in Emergency Medicine.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- How I use ultrasound in cardiac arrest.Intensive care medicine · 2023Article
- Role of point-of-care ultrasound in critical care and emergency medicine: update and future perspective.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Unveiling pseudo-pulseless electrical activity (pseudo-PEA) in ultrasound-integrated infant resuscitation.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Review
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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The POCUS-CA (Point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac arrest) is a diagnostic tool in the Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department setting. The literature indicates that in the patient in a cardiorespiratory arrest it can provide information of the etiology of the arrest in patients with non-defibrillable rhythms, assess the quality of compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and define prognosis of survival according to specific findings and, thus, assist the clinician in decision-making during resuscitation. This narrative review of the literature aims to expose the usefulness of ultrasound in the setting of cardiorespiratory arrest as a tool that allows making a rapid diagnosis and making decisions about reversible causes of this entity. More studies are needed to support the evidence to make ultrasound part of the resuscitation algorithms. Teamwork during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the inclusion of ultrasound in a multidisciplinary approach is important to achieve a favorable clinical outcome.
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