Sonographic assessment of jugular venous distension and B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with dyspnoea

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 477-481

  Jang, Timothy ^a,b   Aubin, Chandra ^a   Naunheim, Rosanne ^a   Lewis, Lawrence M ^a   Kaji, Amy H ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN DISTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEIN DISEASE;

AGED; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861828199     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.099432     Document Type: Article

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