Traditionally used by emergency physicians and surgeons treating trauma persons, it has also been used by paramedics in combat zones, and for non-traumatic problems such as ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
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The problem with diagnosis is that many other abdominal conditions can cause similar symptoms, including bowel diseases like diverticulitis and Crohn's disease, a ruptured ovarian cyst, an infection of a fallopian tube or a ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
