Randomized clinical trial of bedside ultrasound among patients with abdominal pain in the emergency department: Impact on patient satisfaction and health care consumption

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lindelius, Anna ^a,b   Törngren, Staffan ^a,b   Nilsson, Laila ^a,b   Pettersson, Hans ^a   Adami, Johanna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77949483133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-17-60     Document Type: Article

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