Practice management guidelines for the evaluation of blunt abdominal trauma: The EAST practice management guidelines work group

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 602-615

  Hoff, William S ^a   Holevar, Michelle ^a   Nagy, Kimberly K ^a   Patterson, Lisa ^a   Young, Jeffrey S ^a   Arrillaga, Abenamar ^a   Najarian, Michael P ^a   Valenziano, Carl P ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036737393     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200209000-00038     Document Type: Review

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