Ultrasound in pregnancy.
Ultrasound represents the cornerstone of the emergent evaluation of pregnancy-related complaints. Knowledge of the potential and the limitations of this imaging modality, regardless of who performs it, is important for physicians who evaluate and manage these patients and their unborn children in the ED.
Moore
Christopher
C
Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208062, Suite 260, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.
Promes
Susan B
SB
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