Lung ultrasound is an accurate diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of pneumonia in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-23

  Cortellaro, Francesca ^a   Colombo, Silvia ^a   Coen, Daniele ^a   Duca, Pier Giorgio ^b  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455183121     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.101584     Document Type: Article

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