Analysis of lawsuits filed against emergency physicians for point-of-care emergency ultrasound examination performance and interpretation over a 20-year period

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 338-341

  Blaivas, Michael ^a   Pawl, Richard ^b  

^a NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LAWYER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL CRIME; TESTIS TORSION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856558011     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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