Lung ultrasound: A diagnostic and prognostic tool at every step in the pathway of care for acute heart failure

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 656-657

  Chouihed, Tahar ^a,b   Coiro, Stefano ^b,c   Zannad, Faiez ^b   Girerd, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG ULTRASOUND; PNEUMONIA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84961918880     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.030     Document Type: Letter

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