Abdominal stab wounds: diagnostic peritoneal lavage criteria for emergency room discharge

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 939-943

  Gonzalez, Richard P ^a   Turk, Bartel ^a   Falimirski, Mark E ^b   Holevar, Michele R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND;

EID: 0035212743     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200111000-00019     Document Type: Article

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