A prospective evaluation of ultrasonography for the diagnosis of penetrating torso injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 953-959

  Soffer, Dror ^a   McKenney, Mark G ^a,b   Cohn, Stephen ^a   Garcia Roca, Raquel ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Schulman, Carl ^a   Lynn, Mauricio ^a   Lopez, Peter ^a   Asensio, Juan ^b   Smith, R Stephen ^b   Steinberg, Steven M ^b   McGonigal, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Penetrating; Prospective; Torso; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAB WOUND; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRUNK; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACOTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 2942750181     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000127806.39852.4E     Document Type: Article

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