Chest Ultrasonography;Ecografía torácica

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-34

  Vollmer, Iván ^a   Gayete, Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest ultrasonography; Pleural effusion; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary ultrasonography; Thoracic imaging; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM; METASTASIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX EXAMINATION; THORAX WALL TUMOR;

EID: 73149096222     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1579-2129(10)70006-9     Document Type: Review

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