Complications of transesophageal echocardiography in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 248-251

  Gendreau, Mark A ^a   Triner, Wayne R ^a   Bartfield, Joel ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Complication; Emergency; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

EID: 0032917417     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90117-1     Document Type: Article

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