Guidelines for the management of haemodynamically stable patients with stab wounds to the anterior abdomen

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 614-620

  Sugrue, Michael ^a   Balogh, Zsolt ^b   Lynch, Joan ^a   Bardsley, Joel ^a   Sisson, Glenn ^c   Weigelt, John ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NSW Institute of Trauma and Injury Management   (Australia)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior abdominal stab wound; Local wound exploration; Penetrating trauma; Practice guideline

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COOPERATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY CARE; EVISCERATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; OBESITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERITONITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCREENING; STAB WOUND; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 34447334841     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04173.x     Document Type: Review

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