Effect of prehospital ultrasound on clinical outcomes of non-trauma patients-A systematic review

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-30

  Rudolph, Søren Steemann ^a,b   Sørensen, Martin Kryspin ^b   Svane, Christian ^a,b   Hesselfeldt, Rasmus ^b   Steinmetz, Jacob ^a,b  

^a Emergency Medical Services   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Lung ultrasound; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Prehospital care; Systematic review; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84891166130     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.09.012     Document Type: Review

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