What does ultrasonography miss in blunt trauma patients with a low Glasgow Coma Score (GCS)?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1184-1188

  Soffer, Dror ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^a,b   McKenney, Mark G ^a   Cohn, Stephen ^a   Renaud, Nicolas Alvarez ^a   Namias, Nicholas ^a   Lynn, Mauricio ^a  

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glasgow Coma Score; Missed injuries; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33745260724     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000196751.46589.0d     Document Type: Article

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