Sonographic examination of abdominal trauma by senior surgical residents

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 669-674

  Kern, Steven J ^a   Smith, R Stephen ^a   Fry, William R ^a   Helmer, Stephen D ^a   Reed, Justin A ^a   Chang, Frederic C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030752407     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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