Use of a hand-carried echocardiography system in emergency patients;Einsatz eines tragbaren echokardiographiegerätes bei notfallpatienten

Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-129

  Schlotterbeck, K ^a   Fraunhofer, J ^a   Hubner H ^a   Moshage, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Emergeny medicine; Hand carried echocardiograph; Point of care systems; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0037365277     PISSN: 01753851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00390-003-0335-x     Document Type: Article

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