Increased efficiency and cost-effectiveness in the evaluation of the blunt abdominal trauma patient with the use of ultrasound

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-35

  Arrillaga, Abenámar ^a,b   Graham, Robin ^a   York, John W ^a   Miller, Richard S ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Department of Trauma Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0032947673     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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