The fast is positive, now what? Derivation of a clinical decision rule to determine the need for therapeutic laparotomy in adults with blunt torso trauma and a positive trauma ultrasound

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-21

  Rose, John S ^a,b   Richards, John R ^a   Battistella, Felix ^b   Bair, Aaron E ^a   McGahan, John P ^a   Kuppermann, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision rule; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPERITONEUM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRUNK; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 20444382405     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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