Ectopic pregnancy

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 565-584

  Della Giustina, David ^a   Denny, Mark ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; METHOTREXATE; PROGESTERONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG FATALITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOSTOMY; SIDE EFFECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0042358758     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(03)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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