Utility of plain film pelvic radiographs in blunt trauma patients in the emergency department

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 951-954

  Obaid, Amal Kamil ^a   Barleben, Andrew ^a   Porral, Diana ^a   Lush, Stephanie ^a   Cinat, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ILIAC BONE; INJURY SCALE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; TREATMENT INDICATION; ACETABULUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FRACTURE;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; ILIUM; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33750725102     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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