Chest sonography versus lateral decubitus radiography in the diagnosis of small pleural effusions

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Kocijančič, Igor ^a   Vidmar, Ksenija ^b   Ivanovi Herceg, Zlata ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Klinika za Plucne Bolesti Jordanovac   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chest ultrasonography; Pleural effusion; Thoracic radiography; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037310447     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10141     Document Type: Article

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