Diagnostic accuracy, safety and utilisation of respiratory physician-delivered thoracic ultrasound

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-453

  Rahman, Najib M ^a   Singanayagam, Aran ^a   Davies, Helen E ^a   Wrightson, John M ^a   Mishra, Eleanor K ^a   Lee, Y C Gary ^b   Benamore, Rachel ^a   Davies, Robert J O ^a   Gleeson, Fergus V ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SAFETY; TACHYCARDIA; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77951985943     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.128496     Document Type: Article

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