Effect of Focused Bedside Ultrasonography in Hypotensive Patients on the Clinical Decision of Emergency Physicians

Table 2

Findings of POCUS applied to shock patients.

Focused cardiac assessment	Present
		%
Pericardial effusion	17	9,4
Diastolic pressure in right spaces	3	1,1
Left ventricular contractility	Incidence :
Hyperdynamic	70
Normal-slightly decreased	83
Decreased	27
Fractioned shortening	Incidence :
<%30	27
%30–%45	71
>%45	82
	Present
	:	%
Right ventricular hypertrophy	11	6,1
Septal displacement	4	2,2
Dilated aortic root	5	2,7
Intimal flap	0	0
	Present
	:	%
Vena cava collapse (caval index > %50)	78	43,4
Focused abdominal and pleural assessment	Present
	:	%
Hepatorenal fluid	12	6,7
Right pleural effusion	20	11,1
Splenorenal fluid	2	1,1
Left pleural effusion	17	9,4