Value of computed tomography in the evaluation of retroperitoneal organ injury in blunt abdominal trauma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-227

  Porter, John M ^a,b   Singh, Yuvraj ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Computed tomography; Renal trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM INJURY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PANCREAS INJURY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031977309     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90088-2     Document Type: Article

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