Point-of-care ultrasound evaluation of pericardial effusions: Does this patient have cardiac tamponade?

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 671-673

  Nagdev, Arun ^a   Stone, Michael B ^a  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Echocardiography; Inferior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 79956091576     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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