Focused echocardiography in life support: The subcostal window

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-356

  Breitkreutz, Raoul ^a   Walcher, Felix ^a   Ilper, Hendrik ^a   Seeger, Florian H ^a   Price, Susanna ^b   Via, Gabriele ^c   Steiger, Holger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^d KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echocardiography in life support; Focused; Nonspecialist; Periresuscitation care; Time; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350716629     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-009-9093-1     Document Type: Article

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