Ultrasound applications for the pediatric emergency department: A review of the current literature

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 226-234

  Yen, Kenneth ^a   Gorelick, Marc H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Ectopic pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ACCREDITATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUIPMENT; HISTORY; PHYSICS; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; TERMINOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036280603     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200206000-00020     Document Type: Review

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