Ultrasound performs better than radiographs

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 828-829

  Agricola, Eustachio ^a   Arbelot, Charlotte ^b   Blaivas, Michael ^c   Bouhemad, Belaid ^b   Copetti, Roberto ^d   Dean, Anthony ^e   Dulchavsky, Scott ^f   Elbarbary, Mahmoud ^g   Gargani, Luna ^h   Hoppmann, Richard ⁱ   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^j   Lichtenstein, Daniel ^k   Liteplo, Andrew ^l   Mathis, Gebhard ^m   Melniker, Lawrence ⁿ   Neri, Luca ^o   Noble, Vicki E ^l   Petrovic, Tomislav ^p   Reissig, Angelika ^q   Rouby, Jean Jacques ^b   Seibel, Armin ^r   Soldati, Gino ^s   Storti, Enrico ^o   Tsung, James W ^t   Via, Gabriele ^d   Volpicelli, Giovanni ^u   more..

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^l MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

ⁿ NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^q FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^r Diakonie Klinikum Jung Stilling   (Germany)

^s Valle del Serchio General Hospital   (Italy)

^t MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^u SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80051888965     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.153239     Document Type: Letter

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