Clinical policy: Critical issues in the initial evaluation and management of patients presenting to the emergency department in early pregnancy☆☆☆★

☆ Policy statements and clinical policies are the official policies of the American College of Emergency Physicians and, as such, are not subject to the same peer review process as articles appearing in the journal. Policy statements and clinical policies of ACEP do not necessarily reflect the policies and beliefs of Annals of Emergency Medicine and its editors.

☆☆ This clinical policy was developed by the ACEP Clinical Policies Committee and the Clinical Policies Subcommittee on Early Pregnancy. For a complete listing of subcommittee and committee members, please see page 131.

★ Approved by the ACEP Board of Directors, September 9, 2002.