The clinical impact and prevalence of emergency point-of-care ultrasound: A prospective multicenter study

Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 383-389

  Bobbia, Xavier ^a   Zieleskiewicz, Laurent ^b   Pradeilles, Christophe ^a   Hudson, Chloé ^b   Muller, Laurent ^a   Claret, Pierre Géraud ^a   Leone, Marc ^b   de La Coussaye, Jean Emmanuel ^a  

^a NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Point of care systems; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85031317473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23525568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2017.02.008     Document Type: Article

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