Diagnostic performance of cardiopulmonary ultrasound performed by the emergency physician in the management of acute dyspnea

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 352-358

  Gallard, Emeric ^a   Redonnet, Jean Philippe ^a   Bourcier, Jean Eudes ^a   Deshaies, Dominique ^b   Largeteau, Nicolas ^a   Amalric, Jeanne Marie ^a   Chedaddi, Fouad ^a   Bourgeois, Jean Marie ^c   Garnier, Didier ^a   Geeraerts, Thomas ^b  

^a Gastroenterology   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre Francophone de Formation en Echographie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE DYSPNEA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOPULMONARY ULTRASOUND; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; LUNG; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84930322154     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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