Traumatic adrenal haematoma: A condition rarely recognised in the emergency department

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 584-587

  Chen, K T ^a   Lin, T Y ^a   Foo, N P ^a,b   Lin, H J ^a,c   Guo, H R ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adrenal crisis; Adrenal haematoma; Clinical presentation; Traumatic torso injury

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL GLAND DISEASES; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247630230     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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