Ultrasound detection of the sliding lung sign by prehospital critical care providers

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 485-488

  Lyon, Matthew ^a   Walton, Perry ^a   Bhalla, Valori ^a   Shiver, Stephen A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; SLIDING LUNG SIGN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84858026462     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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