Diagnosis of Radio-Occult Pulmonary Conditions by Real-Time Chest Ultrasonography in Patients with Pleuritic Pain

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1717-1723

  Volpicelli, Giovanni ^a   Caramello, Valeria ^a   Cardinale, Luciano ^a   Cravino, Marta ^a  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Chest ultrasound; Lung sonography; Lung ultrasound; Pleuritic pain

Indexed keywords

CHEST PAIN; CHEST ULTRASOUND; LUNG SONOGRAPHY; LUNG ULTRASOUND; PLEURITIC PAIN;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LESION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURISY; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049114340     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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