Current concepts: Point-of-care ultrasonography

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 749-757

  Moore, Christopher L ^a   Copel, Joshua A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SCREENING; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; HISTORY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951960871     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra0909487     Document Type: Review

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