Computed tomography for evaluating blunt abdominal trauma in the low- volume nondesignated trauma center: The procedure of choice?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-68

  Jhirad, Ronen ^a   Boone, Darrell ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Computed tomography; Rural

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031841388     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199807000-00013     Document Type: Article

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