Focused cardiac ultrasound in the emergent setting: A consensus statement of the American society of Echocardiography and American College of Emergency Physicians

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1225-1230

  Labovitz, Arthur J ^a   Noble, Vicki E ^b   Bierig, Michelle ^a   Goldstein, Steven A ^c   Jones, Robert ^d   Kort, Smadar ^e   Porter, Thomas R ^f   Spencer, Kirk T ^g   Tayal, Vivek S ^h   Wei, Kevin ⁱ  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Emergency department; Focused cardiac ultrasound; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CERTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DYSPNEA; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GUIDE WIRE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SHOCK; THORAX PAIN; TRAINING;

BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMEGALY; CHEST PAIN; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HEART INJURIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 78649502484     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.10.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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