Does physician experience influence the interpretability of focused echocardiography images performed by a pocket device?

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bobbia, Xavier ^a   Pradeilles, Christophe ^a   Claret, Pierre Géraud ^a   Soullier, Camille ^a   Wagner, Patricia ^a   Bodin, Yann ^a   Roger, Claire ^a   Cayla, Guillaume ^a   Muller, Laurent ^a   de La Coussaye, Jean Emmanuel ^a  

^a NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Efficiency; Prehospital emergency care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICIANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84935455861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-015-0122-2     Document Type: Article

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