Goal-directed ultrasound in emergency medicine: Evaluation of a specific training program using an ultrasonic stethoscope

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 419-425

  Carrié, Cédric ^a   Biais, Matthieu ^a,b   Lafitte, Stéphane ^b,c   Grenier, Nicolas ^a,b   Revel, Philippe ^a   Janvier, Gérard ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Basic echocardiography; Emergency medicine; Emergency ultrasound; Pocket ultrasound device; Training program

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GOAL DIRECTED ULTRASOUND; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DILATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERITONEAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STETHOSCOPE; ULTRASONIC STETHOSCOPE; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; CURRICULUM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STETHOSCOPES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84947017750     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000172     Document Type: Article

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