Rate and prediction of traumatic injuries detected by abdominal computed tomography scan in intubated children

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 340-345

  Flood, Robert G ^a,b   Mooney, David P ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33747607475     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000195990.42691.f9     Document Type: Article

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