Decreasing length of stay with emergency ultrasound examination of the gallbladder

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1020-1023

  Blaivas, Michael ^a   Harwood, Robert A ^a   Lambert, Michael J ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Gallbladder; Length of stay; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032879992     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01186.x     Document Type: Article

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