Bedside Ultrasonography (US), Echoscopy and US Point of Care as a new kind of stethoscope for Internal Medicine Departments: the training program of the Italian Internal Medicine Society (SIMI)

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 805-814

  Arienti, Vincenzo ^a   Di Giulio, Rosella ^a   Cogliati, Chiara ^b   Accogli, Esterita ^a   Aluigi, Leonardo ^a   Corazza, Gino Roberto ^c   Ultrasound SIMI Study Group, ^d  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Ultrasound Study Group of Italian Internal Medicine Society (SIMI)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bedside ultrasound; Echoscopy; Internal medicine; Point of care ultrasound; Training

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ITALY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; STETHOSCOPE;

HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ITALY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STETHOSCOPES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84918505992     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-014-1113-4     Document Type: Review

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