The "lung pulse": An early ultrasound sign of complete atelectasis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2187-2192

  Lichtenstein, Daniel A ^a   Lascols, Nathalie ^a   Prin, Sébastien ^a   Mezière, Gilbert ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; Intensive care unit; Lung, ultrasound diagnosis; Thorax, ultrasound diagnosis; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE;

APNEA; ATELECTASIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0346964475     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1930-9     Document Type: Article

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