Abdominal computed tomography scan in pediatric blunt abdominal trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 968-971

  Sievers, Eric M ^a   Murray, James A ^a,b   Chen, David ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a   Demetriades, Demtrios ^a   Berne, Thomas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032876920     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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