A survey of EAST member practices in blunt splenic injury: A description of current trends and opportunities for improvement

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 836-842

  Fata, Paola ^b   Robinson, Linda ^b   Fakhry, Samir M ^a   O'Neill, Patricia ^b   Gaines, Barbara A ^b  

^a INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SPLEEN; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 30044452646     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000187652.55405.73     Document Type: Review

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