TY - JOUR
T1 - Applications for ultrasonography in the emergency department
AU - Heller, M.
AU - Melanson, S. W.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The primary emergency applications of diagnostic ultrasonography are now reasonably well defined. Basic characteristics of the emergency department examination, including its rapid and highly focused nature, determine both the limitations and advantages of this technique. As greater experience and more advanced technologies develop in the emergency department setting, the role of ultrasonography will likely expand into areas that are not generally practiced today. Doppler technology, especially, promises to provide the emergency department physician of the future an even more powerful tool for the rapid diagnosis of a variety of common and critical conditions.
AB - The primary emergency applications of diagnostic ultrasonography are now reasonably well defined. Basic characteristics of the emergency department examination, including its rapid and highly focused nature, determine both the limitations and advantages of this technique. As greater experience and more advanced technologies develop in the emergency department setting, the role of ultrasonography will likely expand into areas that are not generally practiced today. Doppler technology, especially, promises to provide the emergency department physician of the future an even more powerful tool for the rapid diagnosis of a variety of common and critical conditions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030703228&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70331-X
DO - 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70331-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 9391491
AN - SCOPUS:0030703228
SN - 0733-8627
VL - 15
SP - 735
EP - 744
JO - Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
JF - Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -