Prospective comparative trial of endovaginal sonographic bimanual examination versus traditional digital bimanual examination in nonpregnant women with lower abdominal pain with regard to body mass index classification

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1171-1177

  Tayal, Vivek S ^a   Crean, Christopher A ^a,b   Norton, H James ^a   Schulz, Christian J ^a   Bacalis, Katrina N ^a   Bliss, Susan ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimanual; Body mass index; Pelvic; Sonographic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH; STABILITY CRITERIA; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BIMANUAL; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; PELVIC; SONOGRAPHIC; STUDY GROUPS;

E-LEARNING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY DISEASE; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERUS;

EID: 48949084641     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.8.1171     Document Type: Article

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