Nonoperative management of solid abdominal organ injuries from blunt trauma: Impact of neurologic impairment

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 793-796

  Shapiro, Michael B ^a,d   Nance, Michael L ^b   Schiller, Henry J ^c   Hoff, William S ^a   Kauder, Donald R ^a   Schwab, C William ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; KIDNEY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLEEN;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLEEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035430194     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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