Blunt abdominal trauma: Should US be used to detect both free fluid and organ injuries?

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-103

  Poletti, Pierre A ^a   Kinkel, Karen ^a   Vermeulen, Bernard ^a   Irmay, François ^a   Unger, Pierre François ^a   Terrier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Injuries; Trauma; US

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN INJURY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0037382387     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2271020139     Document Type: Article

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