Pelvic ultrasound performed by emergency physicians for the detection of ectopic pregnancy in complicated first-trimester pregnancies

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 338-347

  Durham, B ^a   Lane, B ^a   Burbridge, L ^a   Balasubramaniam, S ^a   Mateer, J ^a  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0031037880     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70345-7     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. J Abbott LS Emmans SR Lowenstein Ectopic pregnancy: Ten common pitfalls in diagnosis Am J Emerg Med 8 1990 515 522
2. P Brunner S Roy Ectopic pregnancy: A study of 300 consecutive surgically treated cases JAMA 243 1989 673 678
3. SA Carson JE Buster Ectopic pregnancy N Engl J Med 329 1993 1174 1181
4. T Ellerbrock HK Atrash Ectopic pregnancy—Mortality in the United States, 1979–1982 MMWR CDC Surveill Summary 36 1987 13
5. I Stabile S Campbell JG Grudzinkkas Ultrasound assessment of complications during first trimester of pregnancy Lancet 2 1987 1237 1240
6. TG Stovall AL Kellerman FW Ling Emergency department diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy Ann Emerg Med 19 1990 1098 1113
7. BC Kaplan RG Dart W Muskos Ectopic pregnancy: Prospective study with improved diagnostic accuracy Ann Emerg Med 28 1996 10 17
8. JR Mateer VT Valley EJ Aimen Outcome analysis of a protocol including bedside endovaginal sonography in patients at risk for ectopic pregnancy Ann Emerg Med 27 1996 283 289
9. D Scleger G Lazzareschi A prospective study of ultrasonography in the ED by emergency physicians Am J Emerg Med 12 1994 185 189
10. RG Pennell L Needleman Prospective comparison of vaginal and abdominal sonography in normal early pregnancy J Ultrasound Med 10 1991 63 67
11. A Kivikoski CM Martin Transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy: A comparative study Am J Obstet Gynecol 163 1990 123 128
12. WG Bradley CE Fiske RA Filly The double sac sign of early intrauterine pregnancy: Use in exclusion of ectopic pregnancy Radiology 143 1982 223 226
13. RA Filly Ectopic pregnancy: The role of sonography Radiology 162 1987 661 668
14. CS Levi EA Lyons DJ Lindsay Early diagnosis of nonviable pregnancy with endovaginal US Radiology 167 1988 383 385
15. MB Heller VP Verdile Ultrasound in emergency medicine Emerg Med Clin North Am 10 1992 27 46
16. AL Sadek HA Schiotz Transvaginal sonography in the management of ectopic pregnancy Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 74 1995 293 296
17. M Heller T Crocco J Patterson Emergency ultrasound services as perceived by directors of radiology and emergency medicine Am J Emerg Med 13 1995 430 431
18. I Timor-Tritsch S Greenigde D Admon Emergency room use of transabdominal ultrasonography by obstetrics and gynecology residents Am J Obstet Gynecol 166 1992 866 872
19. B Durham Emergency medicine physicians saving time with ultrasound Am J Emerg Med 14 1996 309 313
20. JR Mateer EJ Aiman MH Brown Ultrasonographic examination by emergency physicians of patients at risk for ectopic pregnancy Acad Emerg Med 2 1995 867 873
21. HK Lawler BJ Rubin Early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy West J Med 159 1993 195 199
22. M Vermosh Reevaluation of the role of culdocentesis in the management of ectopic pregnancy Am J Obstet Gynecol 162 1990 411 413
23. BH Braffman BG Coleman P Ramchandani Emergency department screening for ectopic pregnancy: A prospective US study Radiology 190 1994 797 802
24. ME Deutchman RG Hahn Diagnostic ultrasound imaging by physicians of first contact: Extending the family medicine experience into emergency medicine Ann Emerg Med 23 1994 95 102
25. HC Yeh JD Goofdman L Carr Intradecidual sign: A US criterion of an early intrauterine pregnancy Radiology 161 1986 463 467