Emergency physician diagnosis of pediatric infective endocarditis by point-of-care echocardiography

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 386.e1-386.e3

  Cheng, Alfred B ^a   Levine, Deborah A ^a   Tsung, James W ^b   Phoon, Colin K L ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIZZINESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HEADACHE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84856539971     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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