Free Fluid in Morison's Pouch on Bedside Ultrasound Predicts Need for Operative Intervention in Suspected Ectopic Pregnancy

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 755-758

  Moore, Chris ^a   Todd, William M ^a   O'Brien, Elizabeth ^a   Lin, Henry ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bedside ultrasonography; ectopic; emergency ultrasonography; hemoperitoneum; pregnancy; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; ULTRASOUND; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34447334800     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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