Blunt abdominal trauma: Does the use of a second-generation sonographic contrast agent help to detect solid organ injuries?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1293-1301

  Poletti, Pierre Alexandre ^a   Platon, Alexandra ^a   Becker, Christoph D ^a   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Vermeulen, Bernard ^a   Buhler, Léo H ^a   Terrier, François ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST AGENT BR1; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN INJURY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERA;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCERA; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 16544389417     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831293     Document Type: Article

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