Chest ultrasonography as a replacement for chest radiography in the ED

Chest

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1386-1387

  Medford, Andrew R L ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; CHEST ULTRASONOGRAPHY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 81055156511     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-1403     Document Type: Letter

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