Ultrasound based key clinical pathway reduces the use of hospital resources for the evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1086-1090

  Branney, Scott W ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a   Cantrill, Stephen V ^a   Burch, Jon M ^a,b   Terry, Shirley J ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Computed tomography; Diagnostic peritoneal lavage; Key clinical pathway; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030750244     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199706000-00017     Document Type: Article

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