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Table 114.1

Indications for Emergency Ultrasonography

Clinical scenarioCardiac scanThoracic scanAbdominal scan
Cardiac arrest/peri-arrest/hypotension/shock+(+)*(+)†
Pulmonary oedema++
Breathlessness/hypoxaemia++
Lower respiratory tract infection++
Chest pain+(+)
Abdominal pain+†

* To exclude tension pneumothorax.

† In suspected rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm.