The role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of non-traumatic acute abdominal pain

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-354

  Nural, Mehmet Selim ^a   Ceyhan, Meltem ^a   Baydin, Ahmet ^a   Genc, Selim ^a   Bayrak, Ilkay Koray ^a   Elmali, Muzaffer ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Emergency department; Making decision; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949086583     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-008-0157-8     Document Type: Article

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