Throwing out the "grade" book: management of isolated spleen and liver injury based on hemodynamic status

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1072-1076

  McVay, Marcene R ^a   Kokoska, Evan R ^a   Jackson, Richard J ^a   Smith, Samuel D ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver injury; Nonoperative management; Pediatric trauma; Spleen injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT T TEST;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 44949247409     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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