Erik Sloth

TL;DR: For the first time, evidence-based clinical recommendations comprehensively address this branch of point-of-care ultrasound, providing a framework for FoCUS to standardize its application in different clinical settings around the world.

TL;DR: By means of an abbreviated, focus assessed transthoracic echo protocol it is feasible to visualize the haemodynamic determinants for assessment and optimization and one or more useful images are obtainable in 97% of critically ill patients.

TL;DR: The WINFOCUS (World Interactive Network Focused On Critical UltraSound) ECHO-ICU Group drew up a document aimed at providing guidance to individual physicians, trainers and the relevant societies of the requirements for the development of skills in echocardiography in the ICU setting.

TL;DR: Point-of-care ultrasonography is a feasible, radiation free, diagnostic test, which alongside standard diagnostic tests alone for establishing a correct diagnosis within 4 h and should be considered for routine use as part of the standard diagnostic Tests in the emergency department for patients admitted with respiratory symptoms.

TL;DR: Sevoflurane appears to be superior to propofol in patients with little or no ischemic heart disease, such as noncoronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and CABG surgery without severe preoperative ischemia, whereas prop ofol seems superior in patientsWith severe ischemIA, cardiovascular instability, or in acute/urgent surgery.