The use of point-of-care ultrasound by a critical care retrieval team to diagnose acute abdominal aortic aneurysm in the field

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Mazur, Stefan M ^a   Sharley, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Point of care; Retrieval; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846842490     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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