Current and future role of ultrasound in the emergency department

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 250-254

  Burnett, Hugh C ^a   Nicholson, David A ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OBSTETRICS; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; SHORT SURVEY; SURGEON; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033027641     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.16.4.250     Document Type: Short Survey

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