Emergency department focused bedside echocardiography in massive pulmonary embolism

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 658-660

  Borloz, Matthew P ^a   Frohna, William J ^a   Phillips, Carolyn A ^a   Antonis, Michael S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bedside focused ultrasound; echocardiogram; emergency department; pulmonary embolism; thrombolytic

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 83655163872     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.05.044     Document Type: Article

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