Diagnosing heart failure among acutely dyspneic patients with cardiac, inferior vena cava, and lung ultrasonography

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1208-1214

  Anderson, Kenton L ^a,c   Jenq, Katherine Y ^b   Fields, J Matthew ^a   Panebianco, Nova L ^a   Dean, Anthony J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84881161765     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.05.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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