The Effect of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography on Imaging Studies in the Medical ICU: A Comparative Study

Chest

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1574-1577

  Oks, Margarita ^a   Cleven, Krystal L ^a   Cardenas Garcia, Jose ^a   Schaub, Jennifer Ann ^b   Koenig, Seth ^a   Cohen, Rubin I ^a   Mayo, Paul H ^a   Narasimhan, Mangala ^a  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920742344     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0728     Document Type: Article

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