Diagnostic accuracy of basic lung ultrasound in breathless patients over 60 years of age; stressing the protocol

Introduction: Emergency department differentiation of pulmonary oedema from chronic obstructive airways disease causing acute breathlessness is inaccurate 25% of the time despite clinical acumen, clinician‐reported chest x‐ray and ECG. This research investigates whether a basic lung ultrasound proto...

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Autores principales: Baker, Kylie, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Thompson, Angus G, Stieler, Geoffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28191194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2205-0140.2013.tb00244.x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28191194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2205-0140.2013.tb00244.x

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