Why is the measurement of jugular venous pressure discredited?

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 268-272

  van 't Laar, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; JUGULAR VEIN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; VENOUS PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0242272428     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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