Sonographic inferior vena cava/aorta diameter index, a new approach to the body fluid status assessment in children and young adults in emergency ultrasound-preliminary study

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-325

  Kosiak, Wojciech ^a   Swieton, Dominik ^a   Piskunowicz, Maciej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BODY SURFACE; BODY WATER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AORTA; BODY FLUIDS; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PERICARDITIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 40749100551     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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