History of emergency and critical care ultrasound: The evolution of a new imaging paradigm

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Kendall, John L ^a,b   Hoffenberg, Stephen R ^c,d   Smith, R Stephen ^e,f,g  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^d ROSE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^g Trauma and Surgical Critical Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Emergency ultrasound; History

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247340186     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000260623.38982.83     Document Type: Review

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