Screening US for Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Objective Predictors of False-Negative Findings and Missed Injuries

Radiology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 766-774

  Sirlin, Claude B ^a   Brown, Michèle A ^a   Deutsch, Reena ^a   Andrade Barreto, Olga A ^a   Fortlage, Dale A ^a   Hoyt, David B ^a   Casola, Giovanna ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, injuries; Abdomen, US; Emergency radiology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0344153027     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2293030285     Document Type: Article

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