Abdominal ultrasound is an unreliable modality for the detection of hemoperitoneum in patients with pelvic fracture

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Friese, Randall S ^a   Malekzadeh, Stephen ^b   Shafi, Shahid ^a   Gentilello, Larry M ^a   Starr, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasonography; Hemorrhage; Pelvic fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PELVIS ANGIOGRAPHY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 34447333157     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31805f6ffb     Document Type: Article

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