Clinical applications of transthoracic ultrasound in chest medicine

Journal of Medical Ultrasound

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-25

  Tsai, Tzu Hsiu ^a   Jerng, Jih Shuin ^a   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chest diseases; Transthoracic needle biopsy; Transthoracic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLOSED DRAINAGE; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL LUNG LESION; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURA TUMOR; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX WALL DEFECT; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

EID: 42949170054     PISSN: 09296441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6441(08)60002-8     Document Type: Review

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