Background The purpose of this study is to provide evidence-based and expert consensus
recommendations for lung ultrasound with focus on emergency and critical care settings. …

In the GRADE approach, the strength of a recommendation reflects the extent to which we
can be confident that the composite desirable effects of a management strategy outweigh the …

Purpose To provide clinicians with an evidence-based overview of all topics related to
ultrasound vascular access. Methods An international evidence-based consensus provided …

Background Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a simplified, clinician-performed
application of echocardiography that is rapidly expanding in use, especially in emergency and …

… Elbarbary disclosed other healthcare professional organization activities (Winfocus
organization [member of Board of Directors and chairman of Guideline committee]). The remaining …

Objective: To establish evidence-based guidelines for the use of bedside ultrasound by
intensivists and specialists in the ICU and equivalent care sites for diagnostic and therapeutic …

Background Physicians are increasingly using point of care lung ultrasound (LUS) for
diagnosing pneumonia, especially in critical situations as it represents relatively easy and …

Cardiopulmonary bypass constitutes an injury that may cause postoperative pathophysiological
changes due to systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and multiple organ …

Ultrasound is a safe, portable, relatively inexpensive, and easily accessible imaging modality,
making it a useful diagnostic and monitoring tool in medicine. Anesthesiologists encounter …

Objectives This study examines perceptions of the operational and organisational management
of a major outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) caused by a novel …