Emergency department diagnosis of pneumothorax using goal-directed ultrasound

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1379-1380

  Johnson, Alexis ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG AUSCULTATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549136512     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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