The utility of bedside ultrasound and patient perception in detecting soft tissue foreign bodies in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 487-492

  Friedman, David I ^a,b   Forti, Rene J ^a   Wall, Stephen P ^a   Crain, Ellen F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedside ultrasound; Patient perception; Wound foreign body

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RADIOGRAPHY; SCREENING; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; WOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PEDIATRICS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

CHILD; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 23944476447     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000173344.30401.8e     Document Type: Article

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