Lung ultrasound for diagnosis of pneumonia in emergency department

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 851-854

  Pagano, Antonio ^a   Numis, Fabio Giuliano ^b   Visone, Giuseppe ^a   Pirozzi, Concetta ^b   Masarone, Mario ^c   Olibet, Marinella ^a   Nasti, Rodolfo ^a   Schiraldi, Fernando ^b   Paladino, Fiorella ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Via Terracina   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Lung ultrasound; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EDEMA; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PULMONARY EDEMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84942985918     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-015-1297-2     Document Type: Article

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