The role of computed tomography in diagnosis of blunt intestinal and mesenteric trauma (BIMT)

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-67

  Sharma, Om P ^a   Oswanski, Michael F ^a   Singer, Daniel ^a   Kenney, Brian ^a  

^a TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

blunt abdominal trauma; bowel injury; CT scan; free intra peritoneal fluid air; isolated fluid; mesenteric injury; mesenteric stranding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE HEMATOMA; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIQUID; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; MESENTERY TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MESENTERY; PELVIS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 3042568891     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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