Thoracic ultrasound demonstrates variable location of the intercostal artery

Respiration

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Salamonsen, Matthew ^a   Ellis, Samantha ^b   Paul, Eldho ^c   Steinke, Karin ^a   Fielding, David ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Intercostal artery; Intercostal catheter; Pleural effusion; Thoracocentesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; ULTRASOUND GUIDED THORACOCENTESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; RIBS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; THORACIC ARTERIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84859159378     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330920     Document Type: Article

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