Accuracy of lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of consolidations when compared to chest computed tomography

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 620-625

  Nazerian, Peiman ^a   Volpicelli, Giovanni ^b   Vanni, Simone ^a   Gigli, Chiara ^a   Betti, Laura ^a   Bartolucci, Maurizio ^a   Zanobetti, Maurizio ^a   Ermini, Francesca Romana ^a   Iannello, Cristina ^b   Grifoni, Stefano ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LUNG CONSOLIDATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL CHEST PAIN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; X RAY FILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ITALY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84929287306     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.01.035     Document Type: Article

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