Defining normal jugular venous pressure with ultrasonography

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 320-324

  Socransky, Steven J ^a   Wiss, Ray ^a   Robins, Ron ^b   Anawati, Alexandre ^a   Roy, Marc Andre ^a   Yeung, I Ching ^a  

^a SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Woodstock General Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central venous pressure; Heart failure; Jugular veins; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 79955051122     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012409     Document Type: Article

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