Point-of-care echocardiography by pediatric emergency physicians

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 693-696

  Longjohn, Mindy ^a,b   Wan, Jim ^c   Joshi, Vijay ^a,b   Pershad, Jay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; echocardiography; Point of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 80051788795     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318226c7c7     Document Type: Article

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