Emergency ultrasound evaluation of symptomatic nontraumatic pleural effusions

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 782-786

  Tayal, Vivek S ^a   Nicks, Bret A ^a   Norton, H James ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; THORACOCENTESIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THORACIC CAVITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750608594     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.017     Document Type: Article

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