Diagnosis of abnormal diaphragm motion after cardiothoracic surgery: Ultrasound performed by a cardiac intensivist vs. fluoroscopy

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 565-572

  Sanchez De Toledo, Joan ^a   Munoz, Ricardo ^a   Landsittel, Douglas ^b   Shiderly, Dana ^a   Yoshida, Masahiro ^b   Komarlu, Rukmini ^b   Wearden, Peter ^b   Morell, Victor O ^b   Chrysostomou, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiothoracic Surgery; Diaphragmatic Paralysis; Phrenic Nerve Injury; Ultrasound, Fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL DIAPHRAGMATIC MOTION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX SURGERY; ULTRASOUND;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAPHRAGM; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 78649672501     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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