Reliability of two-dimensional echocardiography in the assessment of clinically significant abnormal hemidiaphragm motion in pediatric cardiothoracic patients: Comparison with fluoroscopy

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-444

  Miller, Stephen G ^a,b   Brook, Michael M ^a   Tacy, Theresa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Diaphragmatic paralysis; Echocardiography; Fluoroscopy; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748660906     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000227593.63141.36     Document Type: Article

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