Leukocytosis and free fluid are important indicators of isolated intestinal injury after blunt trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 656-659

  Harris, Hobart W ^a,b   Morabito, Diane J ^a   Mackersie, Robert C ^a   Halvorsen, Robert A ^a   Scheeler, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Diagnosis; Perforation; Small bowel

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032945153     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199904000-00016     Document Type: Article

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