Use of ultrasound to determine need for laparotomy in trauma patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-330

  Porter, R S ^a   Nester, B A ^a   Dalsey, W C ^a   O'Mara, M ^a   Gleeson, T ^a   Pennell, R ^a   Beyer, F C ^a   Plummer, D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER RUPTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 0031017658     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70343-3     Document Type: Article

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