648 Ultrasound lung comets for differential diagnosis of dyspnea: comparison with plasma cardiac peptides
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Lung Ultrasound for diagnosis of acute cardiogenic dyspnea in the Emergency Department – a simeu multicenter study
Introduction Acute dyspnea is among the most common presentations to the Emergency Department (ED). Discriminating between cardiac and non-cardiac causes of dyspnea can sometimes be challenging. Lung Ultrasound (LUS), integrated with standard clinical evaluation (i.e. history, physical examination, EKG and arterial blood gas iLUS) has emerged as a non-invasive bedside valuable technique for dia...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Echocardiography
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1525-2167
DOI: 10.1016/s1525-2167(06)60371-5