Does a simple bedside sonographic measurement of the inferior vena cava correlate to central venous pressure?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 429-436

  De Lorenzo, Robert A ^a,b   Morris, Michael J ^a,b   Williams, Justin B ^a   Haley, Timothy F ^a,b   Straight, Timothy M ^a,b   Holbrook Emmons, Victoria L ^a   Medina, Juanita S ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

bedside; central venous pressure; focused assessment by sonography for trauma; inferior vena cava; shock; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNUM; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859734026     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.05.082     Document Type: Article

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