Surgeon-directed ultrasound for trauma is a predictor of intra-abdominal injury in children

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-167

  Suthers, Sara E ^a   Albrecht, Roxie ^a   Foley, David ^a   Mantor, P Cameron ^a   Puffinbarger, Nikola K ^a   Jones, Susan K ^a   Tuggle, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1542716774     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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