Focused cardiac ultrasound to expedite diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in children in the emergency department

Am J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar;38(3):629-637. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.11.015. Epub 2019 Nov 25.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, 3959 Broadway, CHN1-116, New York, NY 10032, United States. Electronic address: almazdessie@gmail.com.
² Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 6621 Fannin St, Suite A2210, Houston, TX 77030, United States. Electronic address: leung@bcm.edu.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 6621 Fannin St, Suite A2210, Houston, TX 77030, United States. Electronic address: bxdamico@texaschildrens.org.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8116, St Louis, MO 63110, United States. Electronic address: k.fischer@wustl.edu.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 88 E. Newton St., Vose 529, Boston, MA 02118, United States. Electronic address: Zachary.Binder@bmc.org.
⁶ Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010, United States. Electronic address: aabo@cnmc.org.

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Keywords: Echocardiography; Pediatrics; Point-of-care-ultrasound; Pulmonary hypertension; Ultrasound.

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