Emergent abdominal sonography as a screening test in a new diagnostic algorithm for blunt trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 867-874

  Boulanger, Bernard R ^a   McLellan, Barry A ^a   Brenneman, Frederick D ^a   Wherrett, Laurie ^a   Rizoli, Sandro B ^a   Culhane, John ^a   Hamilton, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal injuries; Blunt trauma; Laparotomy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0029924951     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199606000-00003     Document Type: Article

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