Ultrasound in blunt abdominal trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 841-848

  Fernandez, Luis ^a,b   McKenney, Mark G ^a,c   McKenney, Kimberley L ^a   Cohn, Stephen M ^a   Feinstein, Ara ^a   Senkowski, Christopher ^c   Compton, Raymond P ^c   Nunez, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 0031724653     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199810000-00047     Document Type: Review

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