Learning curve of emergency physicians using emergency bedside sonography for symptomatic first-trimester pregnancy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1423-1428

  Jang, Timothy B ^a   Ruggeri, Wendy ^a   Dyne, Pamela ^a   Kaji, Amy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic pregnancy; First trimester pregnancy; Intrauterine pregnancy; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; FIRST TRIMESTERS; INTRAUTERINE PREGNANCY; LEARNING CURVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

OBSTETRICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77958167983     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.10.1423     Document Type: Article

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