Should a Hand-carried Ultrasound Machine Become Standard Equipment for Every Internist?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Alpert, Joseph S ^a   Mladenovic, Jeanette ^b   Hellmann, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; HAND CARRIED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 57949103518     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.013     Document Type: Editorial

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