Incidence of pericardial effusion in patients presenting to the emergency department with unexplained dyspnea

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1143-1146

  Blaivas, M ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Emergency echocardiography; Emergency medicine; Emergency ultrasonography; Pericardial effusion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035186923     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01130.x     Document Type: Article

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