Abdominal computed tomography of intensive care unit patients

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-141

  Jacobs, J E ^a   Birnbaum, B A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; COLITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STRANGULATION;

EID: 0030979070     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-198X(97)80018-1     Document Type: Article

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