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Need for bedside emergency department ultrasonography: case report of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Eric Laviolette
Eric Laviolette*
Affiliation:
Hawkesbury General Hospital, Hawkesbury, Ont
*
1111 Ghislain, Hawkesbury ON K6A 3G5; e.laviolette@sympatico.ca

Abstract

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Ultrasonography is a useful tool for the immediate evaluation of patients with suspected ruptured ectopic pregnancy, abdominal aortic aneurysm, traumatic intra-abdominal hemorrhage or cardiac tamponade. The 1999 Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians position statement states that bedside emergency department ultrasonography should be available 24 hours per day. This case study illustrates how emergency physicians properly trained in emergency bedside ultrasonography can use this tool effectively to dramatically impact patient care.

Keywords

ectopic pregnancyemergencybedside ultrasound
Type
Small Urban and Rural Issues Médecine Rurale Et Des Petits Centres Urbains
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , March 2004 , pp. 112 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2004

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