Abdominal Compression Effectively Increases the Size of the Common Femoral Vein, as Measured by Ultrasonography

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 446-452

  Rippey, James Charles Rowland ^a   Pascu, Ovidiu ^a   Jacobs, Ian ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASODILATION;

EID: 52049099602     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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