Does point-of-care ultrasonography cause discomfort in patients admitted with respiratory symptoms?

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Laursen, Christian B ^a,b   Sloth, Erik ^c   Lassen, Touborg A ^a   Davidsen, Rømhild J ^a   Lambrechtsen, Jess ^a   Henriksen, Pilsgaard D ^a   Madsen, Henning P ^d   Rasmussen, Finn ^e  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Department of Radiology Hospital Littlebelt   (Denmark)

^e NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931270102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-015-0127-x     Document Type: Article

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