Bedside ultrasound performed by novices for the detection of abscess in ED patients with soft tissue infections

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1569-1573

  Berger, Tony ^a   Garrido, Francisco ^b   Green, Jeffrey ^a   Lema, Penelope Chun ^c   Gupta, Jay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 84869384152     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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