Sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic ultrasound in the diagnosis of phrenic neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1264-1270

  Boon, Andrea J ^a   Sekiguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Harper, Caitlin J ^a   Strommen, Jeffrey A ^a   Ghahfarokhi, Leili S ^a   Watson, James C ^a   Sorenson, Eric J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHRENIC NERVE NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; COMPLICATION; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAPHRAGM; DYSPNEA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84921752416     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000841     Document Type: Article

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