1,000 Consecutive Ultrasounds for Blunt Abdominal Trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 607-610

  McKenney, Mark G ^a   Martin, Larry ^a   Lentz, Kimberley ^a   Lopez, Cristina ^b   Sleeman, Danny ^a   Aristide, George ^a   Kirton, Orlando ^a   Nunez, Diego ^a   Najjar, Rony ^b   Namias, Nicholas ^b   Sosa, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0029979641     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199604000-00015     Document Type: Article

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