Heart failure secondary to dilated cardiomyopathy: A role for emergency physician bedside ultrasonography

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-166

  Sivitz, Adam ^a   Nagdev, Arun ^b  

^a NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiography; heart failure; point of care; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; ONDANSETRON; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; BEDSIDE ULTRASOUND; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; VITAL SIGN; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; VOMITING;

EID: 84857186918     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182447874     Document Type: Review

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