A pilot study of the clinical impact of hand-carried cardiac ultrasound in the medical clinic

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 439-446

  Croft, Lori B ^a   Duvall, W Lane ^a   Goldman, Martin E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hand carried ultrasound; Iinternists; Physical examination; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; THICKNESS; TRAINING; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748555540     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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