Has lung ultrasound an impact on the management of patients with acute dyspnea in the emergency department?

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Goffi, Alberto ^a,b   Pivetta, Emanuele ^c,d   Lupia, Enrico ^e,f   Porrino, Giulio ^a,e   Civita, Marina ^a   Laurita, Emanuela ^a   Griot, Giulietta ^a   Casoli, Giovanna ^a,g   Cibinel, Gian A ^a  

^a ASL TO3   (Italy)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Presidio San Giovanni Battista Molinette ^*  (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g Division of Child Neuropsychiatry   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG ULTRASOUND; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LUNG; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE;

EID: 84887565455     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12863     Document Type: Letter

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