Sonographic intraperitoneal fluid in patients with pelvic fracture: Two cases of traumatic intraperitoneal bladder rupture

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-377

  Jones, Alan E ^a   Mason, Phillip E ^a   Tayal, Vivek S ^a   Gibbs, Michael A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder rupture; Blunt abdominal trauma; Pelvic fracture; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BLADDER; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; BLADDER RUPTURE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FATALITY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LEG FRACTURE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OPEN FRACTURE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; RUPTURE; SHOCK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345275952     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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