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Amico G

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Usefulness of echocardiography in the assessment of internal medicine inpatients: An analysis according to ACC/AHA guidelines

1999

BACKGROUND: We aimed to analyze the importance of echocardiography in our Internal Medicine Institute. We think that this technique could have a large impact in the evaluation of the internistic inpatient who is usually affected by multiple pathological problems. METHODS: Analysis was performed according to the ACC/AHA guidelines for the application of echocardiography. The data of 1211 consecutive inpatients were analyzed. RESULTS: Sixty-three per cent of all the patients had two or more associated diseases. Moreover, patients in whom echocardiography could be considered appropriate or useful were 67%. Our results point out that echocardiographic examination is generally a technique of gre…

AdultMaleInpatientsSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaAdult Aged Echocardiography* Female Humans Inpatients Internal Medicine/methods* Male Middle Aged Retrospective StudiesMiddle AgedSettore MED/45 - Scienze Infermieristiche Generali Cliniche E PediatricheEchocardiographyInternal MedicineHumansFemaleAgedRetrospective Studies
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Lezioni di Semeiotica ORL

2001

Settore MED/31 - OtorinolaringoiatriaSemiotica orlSettore MED/32 - Audiologia
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Raro caso di corpo estraneo tiroideo

2002

Corpo estraneoSettore MED/31 - OtorinolaringoiatriaSettore MED/32 - Audiologia
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