Right ventricular dilatation on bedside echocardiography performed by emergency Physicians aids in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-24

  Dresden, Scott ^a   Mitchell, Patricia ^c   Rahimi, Layla ^c   Leo, Megan ^c   Rubin Smith, Julia ^c   Bibi, Salma ^c   White, Laura ^d   Langlois, Breanne ^c   Sullivan, Alison ^e   Carmody, Kristin ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCCONNELL SIGN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARADOXICAL SEPTAL MOTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR DILATATION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPOKINESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84890787312     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.08.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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