The ultrasound screen for penetrating truncal trauma

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 316-321

  Bokhari, Faran ^a,b   Nagy, Kimberly ^a,b   Roberts, Roxxane ^a,b   Brakenridge, Scott ^a   Smith, Robert ^a,b   Joseph, Kimberly ^a   An, Gary ^a   Barrett, John ^a,b  

^a Department of Ambulatory and Community Health   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAB WOUND; THORAX INJURY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 2342574168     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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