Transthoracic echocardiography for suspected pulmonary embolism in the intensive care unit: Unjustly underused or rightfully ignored?

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 291-302

  Stawicki, S Peter ^a   Seamon, Mark J ^a   Meredith, Denise M ^a   Chovanes, John ^a   Paszczuk, Anna ^a   Kim, Patrick K ^a   Gracias, Vicente H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedside ultrasonography; Clinical triage; Diagnostic testing; Pulmonary embolism; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 44349104862     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20461     Document Type: Article

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