Ultrasonography or computed tomography for diagnosis in hemodynamically stable patients with recent blunt abdominal trauma? Critically appraised topic

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 279-280

  Staunton, Marie ^a   Malone, Dermot E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SHORT SURVEY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 1542284536     PISSN: 08465371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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