Abdominal pain and emergency department evaluation

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 123-136

  Graff IV, Louis G ^a,b   Robinson, Dave ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0035145807     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70171-1     Document Type: Article

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