The RUSH Exam: Rapid Ultrasound in SHock in the Evaluation of the Critically lll

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-56

  Perera, Phillips ^a   Mailhot, Thomas ^b   Riley, David ^a   Mandavia, Diku ^b,c  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Rapid ultrasound in shock examination; RUSH exam; Shock; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FLOW KINETICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOCK; STAFF TRAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70450233680     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2009.09.010     Document Type: Review

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