Ectopic pregnancy: Triage do's and don'ts

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 549-557

  Mashburn, Jane ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0033218887     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(99)00108-1     Document Type: Review

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