My patient has no blood pressure: Are they empty or full? Point-of-care ultrasound of the inferior vena cava in the hypotensive emergency department patient

Ultrasound

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-173

  Atkinson, Paul ^a   Daly, Cathy ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Echocardiography; Emergency medicine; Haemodynamics; Sonography; Ultrasound; Vascular

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053192512     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: 17431344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ult.2011.010053     Document Type: Article

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