Trauma Ultrasound and the 2005 Cochrane Review

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 619-620

  Hosek, William T ^a   McCarthy, Melissa L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35348961445     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.032     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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