Nonoperative Management and Delayed Hemorrhage after Pediatric Liver Injury: New Issues to Consider

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 619-622

  Fisher, Jason C ^a   Moulton, Steven L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt liver injury; Delayed hemorrhage; Duodenal obstruction; Hepatic; Nonoperative management; Pleural effusion; Rebleeding; SMA syndrome; Subcapsular hematoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER INJURY; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1942500314     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.12.024     Document Type: Article

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