Traditional criteria for observation of splenic trauma should be challenged

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 689-692

  Gaunt, W Trevor ^a   Mccarthy, Mary C ^a,b   Lambert, Carie S ^a   Anderson, Gary L ^a   Barney, Linda M ^a   Dunn, Margaret M ^a   Lemmon, Gary W ^a   Paul, Doug B ^a   Peoples, James B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; REGISTER; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SPLEEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0033028887     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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