Hand-held echocardiography with doppler capability for the assessment of critically-ill patients: Is it reliable?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 718-723

  Vignon, Philippe ^a   Frank, Mickaël B J ^a   Lesage, Jérôme ^a   Mücke, Frédérique ^a   François, Bruno ^a   Normand, Sandrine ^a   Bonnivard, Michel ^a   Clavel, Marc ^a   Gastinne, Hervé ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Critical care; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Echocardiography; Echocardiography Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 1942436336     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-2128-x     Document Type: Article

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