Emergency department presentations for problems in early pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-261

  Indig, Devon ^a,b   Warner, Alexandra ^c   Saxton, Anne ^d  

^a Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

bleeding; ectopic; emergency department; pregnancy; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; INDUCED ABORTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSED ABORTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC;

EID: 79958081578     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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