Delayed diagnosis of splenic rupture following minor trauma: Beware of comorbid conditions

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-219

  Peera, Mohamed Ali ^a   Lang, Eddy S ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Splenic rupture

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CODEINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCCYGEAL BONE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LABORATORY TEST; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PELVIS INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENOMEGALY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 18244376100     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500006874     Document Type: Article

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