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. 2017 Mar 5;2017:6248687. doi: 10.1155/2017/6248687

Table 2.

Findings of POCUS applied to shock patients.

Focused cardiac assessment Present
N %
Pericardial effusion 17 9,4
Diastolic pressure in right spaces 3 1,1

Left ventricular contractility Incidence n:

 Hyperdynamic 70
 Normal-slightly decreased 83
 Decreased 27

Fractioned shortening Incidence n:

 <%30 27
 %30–%45 71
 >%45 82

Present
N: %

Right ventricular hypertrophy 11 6,1
Septal displacement 4 2,2
Dilated aortic root 5 2,7
Intimal flap 0 0

Present
N: %

Vena cava collapse (caval index > %50) 78 43,4

Focused abdominal and pleural assessment Present
N: %

Hepatorenal fluid 12 6,7
Right pleural effusion 20 11,1
Splenorenal fluid 2 1,1
Left pleural effusion 17 9,4