Emergency department targeted ultrasound: 2006 update

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-171

  Al Kashmiri, Ammar ^a   Bandiera, Glen ^b   Blicker, Jamie ^c   Daoust, Raoul ^d   Easton, Dave ^e   Findlater, Jane ^c   Garner, Mike ^d   Greenfield, Gavin ^f   Hanley, Brendan ^c   Hebert, Guy ^g   Ho, Ben ^c   Howes, Dan ^h   Ip, Urbain ^c   Lyster, Kish ^c   Mensour, Mark ⁱ   Moore, Kieran ^h   Ng, David ^c   Ohrling, Dave ^c   Pandya, Sudhir ^f   Putter, Dirk ^c   Rang, Louise ^h   Rich, Tom ^f   Ross, Peter ^c   Ryan, John ^c   Seviour, Catherine ^j   Socransky, Steve ⁱ   Stuparyk, Rob ^c   Topping, Claude ^k   Wilson, Scott ^c   Wiss, Ray ⁱ   Witt, Jon ^c   Woolfrey, Karen ^l   Wood, Dave ⁱ   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Université de Montréal ^*

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^j MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^l MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SAFETY; SHOCK; STAFF TRAINING; THORAX INJURY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 33749316981     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1481803500013683     Document Type: Article

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