Focussed Assessment Sonograph Trauma (FAST) and CT scan in blunt abdominal trauma: Surgeon's perspective

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-190

  Radwan, Mohamed M ^a   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a  

^a AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN INJURY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34347386285     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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