Transthoracic ultrasonography for the respiratory physician

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-350

  Koegelenberg, Coenraad F N ^a   Von Groote Bidlingmaier, Florian ^a   Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Pleural disease; Transthoracic biopsy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT MONITORING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURA TUMOR; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL TUMOR;

HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PULMONARY MEDICINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84867073693     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339997     Document Type: Review

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