Using lung ultrasound to differentiate patients in acute dyspnea in the prehospital emergency setting

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Rempell, Joshua S ^a   Noble, Vicki E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ASTHMA; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ASTHMA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84857140057     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10226     Document Type: Note

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