The early pregnancy assessment project: The effect of cooperative care in the emergency department for management of early pregnancy complications

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-114

  O'Rourke, David ^a,b   Wood, Stephen ^c  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Wagga Wagga Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Miscarriage; Pregnancy first trimester; Triage; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 66549096738     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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