A preliminary evaluation of emergency ultrasound in the setting of an emergency medicine training program

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-45

  Lanoix, Richard ^a,c   Leak, Lee V ^a   Gaeta, Theodore ^b   Gernsheimer, Joel R ^a  

^a LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Methodist Medical Center   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Emergency medicine; Emergency ultrasound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033964026     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(00)90046-9     Document Type: Article

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