Ultrasonography is the most common test used in the emergency department for the diagnosis of biliary colic and acute cholecystitis (see the image below). This imaging modality may be diagnostic for biliary disease, help exclude biliary disease, or may reveal alternative causes of the patient's symptoms.
What group of women was initially targeted to join the labor force? young unmarried women. military wives. married women with no children. married women with older children.
As a result, the proportion of 25-44 year-olds in the labor force will decline from 52.6 percent in 1996 to 44.5 percent in 2006. Workers in the 45+ categories will raise their demographic share from 32 percent to 39 percent. These are large and dramatic changes for a decade.