Could the use of bedside lung ultrasound reduce the number of chest x-rays in the intensive care unit?

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Brogi, Etrusca ^a   Bignami, Elena ^b   Sidoti, Anna ^a   Shawar, Mohammed ^a   Gargani, Luna ^c   Vetrugno, Luigi ^d   Volpicelli, Giovanni ^e   Forfori, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute care; Imaging, Ultrasound; Imaging, X Rays; Ultrasound; X Rays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ITALY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85029368626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12947-017-0113-8     Document Type: Article

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