Emergency department right upper quadrant ultrasound is associated with a reduced time to diagnosis and treatment of ruptured ectopic pregnancies

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 331-336

  Rodgerson, Jeff D ^a   Heegaard, William G ^b   Plummer, Dave ^b   Hicks, Jason ^b   Clinton, Joseph ^b   Sterner, Steven ^b  

^a KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ectopic pregnancy; Emergency; Hemoperitoneum; Rupture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035053308     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb02110.x     Document Type: Article

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