Ultrasound examination of the lungs in the intensive care unit

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 693-698

  Lichtenstein, Daniel A ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Chest ultrasonography; Intensive care unit; Interstitial syndrome; Lung; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary edema; Respiratory failure; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERSTITIAL SYNDROME; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 75149176354     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181b7f637     Document Type: Review

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