Ultrasonography in patients without trauma in the emergency department: Impact on discharge diagnosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1371-1376

  Siegel, Yoel ^a,b   Grubstein, Ahuva ^a,b   Postnikov, Vladislav ^a,b   Moreh, Osnat ^a,b   Yussim, Ethan ^a,b   Cohen, Maya ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discharge diagnosis; Emergency department; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DISCHARGE DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS (ED); REFERRAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 25844436920     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.10.1371     Document Type: Article

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