Clinical application of transthoracic ultrasonography in inpatients with pneumonia

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Sperandeo, Marco ^a   Carnevale, Vincenzo ^a   Muscarella, Silvana ^a   Sperandeo, Giuseppe ^a   Varriale, Antonio ^a   Filabozzi, Paola ^a   Piattelli, Maria L ^a   D'Alessandro, Vito ^a   Copetti, Massimiliano ^a   Pellegrini, Fabio ^a,b   Dimitri, Lucia ^a   Vendemiale, Gianluigi ^a,c  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Santa Maria Imbaro   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia (CAP); Complementary diagnostic tool; Diagnostic accuracy; Transthoracic ultrasonography (TUS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650062814     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02367.x     Document Type: Article

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