Ultrasonography in the evaluation of hemoperitoneum in war casualties

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 600-602

  Šustić, Alan ^a   Miletić, Damir ^a   Fučkar, Željko ^a   Mraović, Boris ^b   Dimec, Damir ^a   Mozetič, Vladimir ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Sibenik General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION;

EID: 0345426370     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.8.600     Document Type: Article

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