Blunt bowel and mesenteric injuries in children: Do nonspecific computed tomography findings reliably identify these injuries?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 551-556

  Peters, Eric ^a   LoSasso, Barry ^a   Foley, Jennifer ^a   Rodarte, Alexander ^a   Duthie, Susan ^a   Senac Jr , Melvin O ^a  

^a SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INJURY; LACERATION; MALE; MESENTERY; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33750816425     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000244428.31624.AB     Document Type: Article

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