Penetrating and blunt abdominal trauma

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-59

  Eckert, Kristine L ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Abdominal; Blunt; Penetrating; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PANCREAS INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SPLEEN INJURY; STAB WOUND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 12944263659     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200501000-00005     Document Type: Review

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