Learning Curve of Bedside Ultrasound of the Gallbladder

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Gaspari, Romolo J ^a   Dickman, Eitan ^a   Blehar, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bedside ultrasound; emergency ultrasound; gallbladder; gallstones; right upper quadrant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67349155312     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.070     Document Type: Article

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