Role of Ultrasonography in Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Prospective Study

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 361-365

  Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a,b   Zayat, Imad ^a   Sheikh, Mehraj ^a   Mousa, Iyad ^a   Behbehani, Abdullah ^a  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0029883415     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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