Abdominal computed tomographic scan for patients with gunshot wounds to the abdomen selected for nonoperative management

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1155-1161

  Velmahos, George C ^a,b   Constantinou, Constantinos ^b   Tillou, Areti ^b   Brown, Carlos V ^b   Salim, Ali ^b   Demetriades, Demetrios ^b   Feliciano, David V ^b   Rotondo, Michael R ^b   Poggetti, Renato S ^b   Lucas, Charles E ^b  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gunshot wound; Nonoperative management; Penetrating abdominal trauma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 30344489027     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000196435.18073.6d     Document Type: Article

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