Diagnostic value of ultrasonography in the evaluation of blunt adbominal trauma

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-44

  Nural, Mehmet Selim ^a   Yardan, Türker ^a   Güven, Hakan ^a   Baydin, Ahmet ^a   Bayrak, Ilkay Koray ^a   Kati, Celal ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal injuries; Ultrasonography; Wounds, non penetrating

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; INFANT; LAVAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRRIGATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TURKEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 16244367106     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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