Delayed hemorrhage after nonoperative management of blunt hepatic trauma in children: A rare but significant event

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-64

  Shilyansky, Joel ^a,b   Navarro, Oscar ^a   Superina, Riccardo A ^a   Babyn, Paul S ^a   Filler, Robert M ^a   Pearl, Richard H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Hemorrhage; Injury; Liver; Nonoperative management; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032963662     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(99)90229-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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