Indications for thoracic ultrasound in chest medicine: An observational study

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1011, 2010, Pages 8-11

  Medford, A R L ^a   Entwisle, J J ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA METASTASIS; PLEURA THICKENING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORACIC ULTRASOUND; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 74749100006     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2009.081455     Document Type: Article

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