Lung ultrasound: Routine practice for the next generation of internists

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 100-107

  Touw, H R W ^a   Tuinman, P R ^a,b   Gelissen, H P M M ^a   Lust, E ^a   Elbers, P W G ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyspnoea; Internist; Lung ultrasound; Medical training

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PROBE; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; AIR BRONCHOGRAM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CARDIAC PHASED ARRAY PROBE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNIST; LUNG SLIDING; LUNG ULTRASOUND; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VASCULAR PROBE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM;

HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84926630078     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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