Delayed ultrasound in patients with abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding during the first trimester of pregnancy

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 338-343

  Hendry, James N ^a,b   Naidoo, Yuresh ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Ectopic pregnancy; First trimester; Ultrasound; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0034814661     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1035-6851.2000.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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