Sonography as the primary screening method in evaluating blunt abdominal trauma

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 155-163

  Bakker, Jeannette ^a   Genders, Roel ^a   Mali, Willem ^a   Leenen, Loek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Emergency radiology; Laparotomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 18144391528     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20112     Document Type: Article

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