Review article: Clinical impact of non-cardiologist-performed transthoracic echocardiography in emergency medicine, intensive care medicine and anaesthesia

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-12

  Haji, Darsim L ^a,b   Royse, Alistair ^b   Royse, Colin F ^b  

^a FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Emergency medical services; Point of care system; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACARDIAC ECHOGRAPHY DEVICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANESTHESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84873446560     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12033     Document Type: Article

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