AIUM practice guideline for the performance of an ultrasound examination of the abdomen and/or retroperitoneum

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-326

  Cohen, Harris L ^a   McGahan, John P ^a   Hertzberg, Barbara S ^a   Meilstrup, Jon W ^a   Needleman, Laurence ^a   Hashimoto, Beverly E ^a   Foley, W Dennis ^a   Townsend, Ronald R ^a   Frates, Mary ^a   Bromley, Bryann ^a   Angtuaco, Teresita ^a   De Lange, Marie ^a   Garra, Brian ^a   Hertzberg, Barbara ^a   Hoffenberg, Stephen ^a   Jaffe, Richard ^a   Kurtz, Alfred ^a   Mastrobattista, Joan ^a   McGahan, John ^a   Meilstrup, Jon ^a   Middleton, William ^a   Nelson, Thomas ^a   Paushter, David ^a   Rapp, Cindy ^a   Robbin, Michelle ^a   Rosenberg, Henrietta Kotlus ^a   Toy, Eugene ^a   Yeo, Lami ^a   Timins, Julie K ^a   Warren, Bill H ^a   Blumberg, Albert L ^a   Frates, Mary C ^a   Gooding, Gretchen A ^a   Kushner, David C ^a   Larson, Paul A ^a   Liebscher, Lawrence A ^a   Madrazo, Beatrice L ^a   Pollack, Matthew S ^a   Rumack, Carol M ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADRENAL GLAND; AORTA; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; PANCREAS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; SPLEEN;

EID: 38849184192     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.2.319     Document Type: Review

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