The management of blunt abdominal trauma patients with computed tomography scan findings of tree peritoneal fluid and no evidence of solid organ injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 943-946

  Yegiyants, Sara ^a   Abou Lahoud, Gilbert ^a   Taylor, Edward ^a  

^a KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOLLOW VISCOUS INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESENTERIC ARTERY INJURY; ORGAN INJURY; PERITONEAL FLUID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ASCITES FLUID; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM; INJURY; KIDNEY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN; TIME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33750690181     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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