Prehospital lung ultrasound in the distinction between pulmonary edema and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389.e1-389.e2

  Zechner, Peter Michael ^a   Aichinger, Gernot ^a   Rigaud, Marcel ^b   Wildner, Gernot ^b   Prause, Gerhard ^b  

^a Austrian Red Cross   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; PHENPROCOUMON; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TERBUTALINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77749314639     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.07.021     Document Type: Article

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