Accuracy of ultrasonography performed by critical care physicians for the diagnosis of DVT

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 538-542

  Kory, Pierre D ^a   Pellecchia, Crescens M ^a   Shiloh, Ariel L ^b   Mayo, Paul H ^c   DiBello, Christopher ^c   Koenig, Seth ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952210977     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1479     Document Type: Article

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