Evaluating blunt abdominal trauma with sonography: A cost analysis

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 930-934

  Mckenney, Mark G ^a   McKenney, K L ^a   Hong, J J ^a   Compton, R ^a   Cohn, S M ^a   Kirton, O C ^a   Shatz, D V ^a   Sleeman, D ^a   Byers, P M ^a   Ginzburg, E ^a   Augenstein, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PERITONEUM LAVAGE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035486756     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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