ED endovaginal pelvic ultrasound in nonpregnant women with right lower quadrant pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Tayal, Vivek S ^a   Bullard, Mark ^a   Swanson, Doug R ^a   Schulz, Christian J ^a   Bacalis, Katrina N ^a   Bliss, Susan A ^a   Norton, H James ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; OVARY CYST; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 36849072584     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.02.029     Document Type: Article

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