Focused abdominal ultrasound for blunt trauma in an emergency department without advanced imaging or on-site surgical capability

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 408-415

  Shuster, Michael ^a   Abu Laban, Riyad B ^b   Boyd, Jeff ^a   Gauthier, Charles ^a   Mergler, Sandra ^a   Shepherd, Lance ^a   Turner, Chris ^a  

^a Banff Mineral Springs Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal injuries; Blunt trauma; Emergency medicine; Rural hospitals; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOCUSED ABDOMINAL SONOGRAM FOR TRAUMA; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS INJURY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 18244398635     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009404     Document Type: Article

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