Point-of-care ultrasound in the neonatal intensive care unit: International perspectives

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-68

  Evans, Nick ^a   Gournay, Veronique ^b   Cabanas, Fernando ^c   Kluckow, Martin ^a   Leone, Tina ^d   Groves, Alan ^e   McNamara, Patrick ^f   Mertens, Luc ^g  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g Labatt Family Heart Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Infant newborn; Point of care testing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FRANCE; HUMAN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650563324     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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