Diagnosis and treatment of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a combat support hospital during operation Iraqi freedom: Case report and critique of a field-ready sonographic device

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 681-683

  Stamilio, David M ^a   McReynolds, Tamara ^a   Endrizzi, Joseph ^a   Lyons, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LAPAROTOMY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ALGORITHM; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; INSTRUMENTATION; IRAQ; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HOSPITALS, PACKAGED; HUMANS; IRAQ; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 16544366181     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.9.681     Document Type: Article

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