Is contrast enhanced ultrasound an essential tool for liver trauma?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 233-236

  Kalogeropoulou, C P ^a   Ceccotti, P C ^b   Leen, E ^c,d   Horgan, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Royal Infinnary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE; CONTRAST AGENT BR1; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; INJURY; LIVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 33646108849     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000200843.80420.28     Document Type: Article

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