Is computed tomography a useful adjunct to the clinical examination for the diagnosis of pediatric gastrointestinal perforation from blunt abdominal trauma in children?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 417-421

  Albanese, Craig T ^a   Meza, Manuel P ^a   Gardner, Mary J ^a   Smith, Samuel D ^a   Rowe, Marc I ^a   Lynch, James M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029961777     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199603000-00016     Document Type: Article

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