Outcomes from pediatric solid organ injury: Role of standardized care guidelines

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 402-406

  Stylianos, Steven ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital of New York ^*  (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus guidelines; Diagnostic modalities; Non operative treatment; Pediatric abdominal injuries

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; ORGAN INJURY; PANCREAS INJURY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BED REST; CHILD; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; PANCREAS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPLEEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 20344371725     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000163693.96101.84     Document Type: Review

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