Chest ultrasonography as a replacement for chest radiography for community-acquired pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 877-878

  Medford, Andrew R L ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874975918     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2653     Document Type: Letter

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