BLUE protocol ultrasonography in Emergency Department patients presenting with acute dyspnea

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 2020-2027

  Bekgoz, Burak ^a   Kilicaslan, Isa ^b   Bildik, Fikret ^b   Keles, Ayfer ^b   Demircan, Ahmet ^b   Hakoglu, Onur ^c   Coskun, Gulhan ^d   Demir, Huseyin Avni ^e  

^a Etimesgut State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Turkey)

^d M I Kastamonu State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e Institute of Health Science   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bedside lung ultrasonography; BLUE protocol; Dyspnea; Emergency Department

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEDSIDE LUNG ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN EMERGENCY PROTOCOL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT OF CARE TESTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85061990656     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.02.028     Document Type: Article

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