Solid viscus injury predicts major hollow viscus injury in blunt abdominal trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 618-623

  Nance, Michael L ^a   Peden, Gerald W ^b   Shapiro, Michael B ^c   Kauder, Donald R ^c   Rotondo, Michael F ^c   Schwab, C William ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030700478     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199710000-00009     Document Type: Article

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