Lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of stroke-associated pneumonia

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-178

  Busti, Chiara ^a   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^a   Duranti, Michele ^a   Orlandi, Cristina ^a   Marcucci, Maura ^a   Paciaroni, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Lung ultrasound; Stroke pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; STROKE;

EID: 84894441537     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0832-7     Document Type: Article

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