Adrenal Gland Hematomas in Trauma Patients

Radiology

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 669-675

  Rana, Atif I ^a   Kenney, Philip J ^a   Lockhart, Mark E ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^b   Morgan, Desiree E ^a   Windham III, Samuel T ^b   Smith, J Kevin ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland, CT; Adrenal gland, hemorrhage; Emergency radiology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1342330054     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2303021345     Document Type: Review

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