Experience with CT findings of shock and death in emergency situations;Esperienza personale su segni di shock e di morte con Tomografia Computerizzata nelle urgenze

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 172-176

  Salzano, Antonio ^a,d   Nocera, Vincenzo ^a   De Rosa, Aniello ^b   Rossi, Eugenio ^c  

^a SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ASL Napoli 1   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, TRAUMATIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035291996     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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