Sonographic depiction of posttraumatic alveolar-interstitial disease: The hand-held diagnosis of a pulmonary contusion

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 962-

  Ball, Chad G ^a   Ranson, M Kent ^a   Rodriguez Galvez, Monica ^a   Lall, Rohan ^a   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG INJURY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; CONTUSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFACTS; CONTUSIONS; HUMANS; LUNG INJURY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 68149166139     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3180600949     Document Type: Article

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