Diagnostic accuracy of hospitalist-performed hand-carried ultrasound echocardiography after a brief training program

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 340-349

  Lucas, Brian P ^a   Candotti, Carolina ^a   Margeta, Bosko ^a   Evans, Arthur T ^a   Mba, Benjamin ^a   Baru, Joshua ^a   Asbury, Joseph K ^a   Asmar, Abdo ^a   Kumapley, Rudolf ^a   Patel, Manish ^a   Borkowsky, Shane ^a   Fung, Sharon ^a   Charles Damte, Marjorie ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hospitalists; Point of care systems; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70449640403     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.438     Document Type: Article

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