OBJECTIVES: Limited transthoracic echocardiography (LTTE) has been introduced as a hemodynamic tool for @entity130 @entity1 . The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of LTTE during the evaluation of nonsurviving @entity1 who presented to the @entity130 bay with traumatic @entity1167 . METHODS: Approval by the Institutional Review Board was obtained. All nonsurviving @entity1 with traumatic @entity1167 who reached the @entity130 bay were evaluated retrospectively for 1 year. Comparisons between groups of @entity1 in whom LTTE was performed as part of the resuscitation effort and those in whom it was not performed were conducted. RESULTS: From January 2012 to January 2013, 37 @entity1 did not survive traumatic @entity1167 while in the @entity130 bay: 14 in the LTTE group and 23 in the non-LTTE group. When comparing the LTTE and non-LTTE groups, both were similar in sex distribution (LTTE, 86% male; non-LTTE, 74% male; P = .68), age (34.8 versus 24.1 years; P= .55), Injury Severity Score (41.0 versus 38.2; P= .48), and percentage of penetrating @entity130 (21.6% versus 21.7%; P = .29). Compared with the non-LTTE group, the LTTE group spent significantly less time in the @entity130 bay (13.7 versus 37.9 minutes; P = .01), received fewer blood products (7.1% versus 31.2%; P = .789), and were less likely to undergo nontherapeutic thoracotomy in the emergency department (7.14% versus 39.1%; P < .05). The non-LTTE group had a mean of  3040.50 in hospital costs, compared with the mean for the LTTE group of  1871.60 (P = .0054). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, image-guided resuscitation with LTTE decreased the time in the @entity130 bay and avoided nontherapeutic thoracotomy in nonsurviving @entity130 @entity1 . Limited TTE could improve the use of health care resources in @entity1 with traumatic @entity1167 .

Use of limited transthoracic echocardiography in @entity1 with traumatic XXXX decreases the rate of nontherapeutic thoracotomy and hospital costs.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma'] @entity1167 :: ('MESH:D006323', 'Disease') :: ['cardiac arrest']
@entity1167 :: (MESH:D006323,Disease) :: ['cardiac arrest']
