Screening US for blunt abdominal trauma: A retrospective study;Screening ecografico nei traumi addominali chiusi: Studio retrospettivo

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-220

  Salera, Diego ^a   Argalia, Giulio ^a   Giuseppetti, Gian Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Emergency radiology; Emergency screening US

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 27944476013     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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