Emergency Department Bedside Ultrasonographic Measurement of the Caval Index for Noninvasive Determination of Low Central Venous Pressure

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Nagdev, Arun D ^a   Merchant, Roland C ^a   Tirado Gonzalez, Alfredo ^a   Sisson, Craig A ^a   Murphy, Michael C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN DIAMETER;

AGED; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 76549132440     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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