Contribution of goal-directed ultrasonography to clinical decision-making for emergency physicians

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-172

  Bektas, F ^a   Eken, C ^a   Soyuncu, S ^a   Kusoglu, L ^a   Cete, Y ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61749099253     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.059220     Document Type: Article

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