Selective nonoperative management of blunt abdominal trauma

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-221

  Gibson, Douglas Everett ^a   Canfield, Christopher McKenna ^a   Levy, Phillip D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blunt abdominal trauma; blunt visceral injury; nonoperative management; SNOM

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33748060221     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.09.015     Document Type: Article

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