Pericardial conditions: Signs, symptoms and electrocardiogram changes

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-36

  Humphreys, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; ECG changes; Percarditis; Pericardial effusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; CAUSALITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 33646840273     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2006.04.14.1.30.c1223     Document Type: Review

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