Associated injuries in blunt solid organ trauma: Implications for missed injury in nonoperative management

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 238-244

  Miller, Preston R ^a   Croce, Martin A ^b   Bee, Tiffany K ^b   Malhotra, Ajai K ^b   Fabian, Timothy C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; BLADDER INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; STANDARD;

EID: 0036686081     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200208000-00008     Document Type: Article

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