The current status of nonoperative management of abdominal injuries in children and young adults

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-27

  Haller Jr , J Alex ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYSTALLOID; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEPSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; GUNSHOT INJURY; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0031602216     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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