A 10-year-old girl with shock: Role of emergency bedside ultrasound in early diagnosis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 182-184

  Pershad, Jay ^a  

^a LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Free intraperitoneal fluid; Shock; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SHOCK; SPLEEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036286886     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200206000-00008     Document Type: Article

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