Emergency medicine physicians saving time with ultrasound

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 309-313

  Durham, Britt ^a  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; cardiac tamponade; culdocentesis; echocardiography; Ectopic pregnancy; endovaginal ultrasound; transabdominal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 0029923615     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90184-9     Document Type: Article

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