Ultrasound in pregnancy

Christopher Moore; Susan B Promes

doi:10.1016/j.emc.2004.04.005

Ultrasound in pregnancy

Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2004 Aug;22(3):697-722. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.04.005.

Authors

Christopher Moore¹, Susan B Promes

Affiliation

¹ Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208062, Suite 260, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.

PMID: 15301847
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.04.005

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abdominal Injuries / diagnostic imaging
Abruptio Placentae / diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Emergency Service, Hospital
Extraembryonic Membranes / diagnostic imaging
Female
Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Gestational Age
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Pregnancy, Ectopic / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography / methods
Ultrasonography, Prenatal*
Uterus / diagnostic imaging