Basic concepts in the use of thoracic and lung ultrasound

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-30

  Piette, Eric ^a   Daoust, Raoul ^b   Denault, André ^c  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alveolar interstitial disease; Lung ultrasound; Pleural effusion; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR INTERSTITIAL DISEASE; ARTIFACT; ATELECTASIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ARTERIAL HYPOXIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ULTRASOUND; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; OPERATING ROOM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACIC ULTRASOUND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANOXIA; HUMANS; LUNG; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; THORAX;

EID: 84872188364     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32835afd40     Document Type: Review

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