Impact of an early pregnancy problem service on patient care and Emergency Department presentations

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-111

  Brownlea, Sandra ^a   Holdgate, Anna ^a,b   Thou, Stephen T P ^a   Davis, Gregory K ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Pregnancy; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 17244376608     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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