An Unusual Case of Hemoperitoneum: Uterine Rupture at 9 Weeks Gestational Age

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-287

  Dabulis, Stephanie A ^a   McGuirk, Timothy D ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MYOMETRIUM; OVARIECTOMY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 35449004382     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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