Current use and perceived utility of ultrasound for evaluation of pediatric compared with adult trauma patients

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-167

  Baka, Agoritsa G ^a,b   Delgado, Carlos A ^a   Simon, Harold K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036285904     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200206000-00003     Document Type: Article

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