Retrospective analysis of the adequacy of oral contrast material for computed tomography scans in trauma patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-17

  Shreve, Wendy Sue ^a   Knotts, F Barry ^a   Siders, R W ^a   Culler, Amy ^a   Fenn Buderer, Nancy ^a   Black, Cheryl ^a  

^a ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032867049     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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