Bedside ultrasound in the pediatric emergency department

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-242

  Levy, Jason A ^a   Bachur, Richard G ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency ultrasound; Pediatric emergency medicine; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; BIOPSY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FOREIGN BODY; HEART ARREST; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; PEDIATRIC WARD; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION; THORAX INJURY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

CHILD; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 43449099172     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282ff1317     Document Type: Review

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