An Examination of the Transmissibility and Clinical Utility of Auscultation of Bowel Sounds in all Four Abdominal Quadrants [4]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-299

  Hepburn, Matthew J ^a   Dooley, David P ^a   Fraser, Susan L ^a   Purcell, Bret K ^a   Ferguson, Tomas M ^a   Horvath, Lynn L ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AUSCULTATION; AUSCULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1242329956     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200403000-00022     Document Type: Letter

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