Case report of an intraperitoneal ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm diagnosed with bedside ultrasonography

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 661-664

  Miller, Jeff ^a   Grimes, Peter ^a   Miller, Julie ^b  

^a Bellflower Kaiser   (United States)

^b Miller Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Bedside ultrasonography; Diagnosis; Intraperitoneal; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033023160     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00424.x     Document Type: Article

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