Unsuspected splenic rupture in a neonate

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-30

  Longobardi, Yen ^a   Lessin, Marc S ^a   Kleinman, Monica ^a   Wesselhoeft, Conrad W ^a   Berns, Scott D ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonate; Splenic rupture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; NEWBORN; SPLEEN RUPTURE;

ANEMIA; BIRTH INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RUPTURE; SHOCK; SPLEEN;

EID: 0033983057     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200002000-00009     Document Type: Article

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