Imaging evaluation of pediatric chest trauma

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-281

  Westra, Sjirk J ^a,b   Wallace, E Christine ^c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; AORTA INJURY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATELECTASIS; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEART INJURY; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACERATION; LUNG CONTUSION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDIASTINUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAPULA; SPINE INJURY; STERNUM; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

EID: 14344251196     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2004.11.003     Document Type: Review

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