The hi-map scan: The use of emergency ultrasound to evaluate haemodynamically unstable patients in the emergency setting
The HI-MAP (Heart, IVC, Morrison’s pouch, Aorta, Pneumothorax) scan is a focussed bedside ultrasound examination designed to assess the hydration status of patients by quick assessment of cardiac contractility, inferior vena cava collapsibility during inspiration, the aorta and the presence of free...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-12-01
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| Series: | African Journal of Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X13001808 |