Utility of point-of-care ultrasound in acute management triage of earthquake injury

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-95

  Zhang, Shu ^a   Zhu, Da ^a   Wan, Zhi ^a   Cao, Yu ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; BREATHING RATE; CHEST TUBE; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EARTHQUAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; INJURY; LETTER; LUNG FLUID; MEDICAL CARE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POINT OF CARE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 84890436895     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.10.009     Document Type: Letter

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