Transthoracic ultrasound of lung and pleura in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: A novel non-invasive bedside approach

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 441-452

  Reissig, Angelika ^a   Kroegel, Claus ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Pulmonary embolism; Sonomorphology, embolic lung lesions; Transthoracic sonography, lung, pleura; Ultrasound technique

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LOBE; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLEURA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0348111304     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074195     Document Type: Review

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