Residents can be trained to detect abdominal aortic aneurysms using personal ultrasound imagers: A pilot study

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 394-397

  Riegert Johnson, Douglas L ^a   Bruce, Charles J ^a,b,c   Montori, Victor M ^a,b   Cook, Rachel J ^a,b   Spittell, Peter C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHER;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PILOT PROJECTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 18944403238     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.12.019     Document Type: Article

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