Ultrasonography in the emergency department

Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Whitson, Micah R ^a   Mayo, Paul H ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Emergency medicine; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATIVE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; GOAL DIRECTED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORTH AMERICA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; HISTORY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORAX INJURY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; THORACIC INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84981747729     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1399-x     Document Type: Article

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