Speed and efficiency in the resuscitation of blunt trauma patients with multiple injuries: The advantage of diagnostic peritoneal lavage over abdominal computerized tomography

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-290

  Blow, Osbert ^a   Bassam, Deeni ^a   Butler, Kathy ^a   Cephas, Gerald A ^a   Brady, William ^a   Young, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pelvic; Blunt trauma; Diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL); Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0031889827     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199802000-00008     Document Type: Article

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