Blunt abdominal trauma: Comparison of ultrasonography and computed tomography in a district general hospital

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 440-443

  Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a   Sheikh, Mehraj ^b   Jadallah, Fawzi ^b   Windsor, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHLAND HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Computed tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032721416     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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