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In five clinical scenarios involving acute deterioration, serial ultrasound examinations of the respiratory system, general critical care ultrasound (GCCUS), and non-invasive haemodynamic critical care echocardiography (CCE) were used routinely. Ultrasonographic results were used to guide further management and initiate experimental therapy or transition from curative to supportive care. The process of initiation of ultrasound examinations to clinical decision-making in these complex scenarios is outlined. These case vignettes highlight the utility of ultrasound and echocardiography. When clinical management is not clear, or evidence is not available, the use of ultrasound for the evaluation of the respiratory system, GCCUS, and non-invasive haemodynamic CCE can help to guide management, reveal newly developed pathologies, lead to clinical management changes, and support the decision for employing experimental therapy approaches in a dynamic way of which few other imaging modalities or monitoring tools are currently capable.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/clinpract12060102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,25]],"date-time":"2022-11-25T03:34:24Z","timestamp":1669347264000},"page":"986-1000","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Clinical Decision-Making in Practice with New Critical Care Ultrasound Methods for Assessing Respiratory Function and Haemodynamics in Critically Ill Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8590-6319","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stefan","family":"Schmidt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University G\u00f6ttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"},{"name":"Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University G\u00f6ttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jana-Katharina","family":"Dieks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University G\u00f6ttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Quintel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University G\u00f6ttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4210-388X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Onnen","family":"Moerer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University G\u00f6ttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1806","DOI":"10.1007\/s00134-019-05771-2","article-title":"Less is more in critical care is supported by evidence-based medicine","volume":"45","author":"Auriemma","year":"2019","journal-title":"Intensive Care Med."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"R81","DOI":"10.1186\/cc12695","article-title":"Changes in hospital mortality for United States intensive care unit admissions from 1988 to 2012","volume":"17","author":"Zimmerman","year":"2013","journal-title":"Crit. 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