Bedside lung ultrasonography for diagnosis of pneumonia

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-104

  Unluer, Erden Erol ^b   Karagoz, Arif ^b   Senturk, Güdehen Ozmen ^b   Karaman, Mehmet ^b   Olow, Khadija Hassan ^a   Bayata, Serdar ^b  

^a Benadir University   (Somalia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Computed tomography; Dyspnoea; Point of care system

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAINING;

EID: 84877648506     PISSN: 10249079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102490791302000205     Document Type: Article

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