Prehospital chest emergency sonography trial in Germany: A prospective study

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-166

  Neesse, Albrecht ^a   Jerrentrup, Andreas ^a   Hoffmann, Saskia ^a   Sattler, Alexander ^a   Görg, Christian ^a   Kill, Clemens ^a   Mathias Gress, Thomas ^a   Kunsch, Steffen ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest sonography; Emergency sonography; Portable ultrasonography; Prehospital ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEST ULTRASOUND; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEART DISEASE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HEART DISTENSION; THORAX EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THORAX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860708155     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328349edcc     Document Type: Article

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