Blunt renal injuries in children can be managed nonoperatively: Outcome in a consecutive series of patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 474-478

  Nance, Michael L ^a   Lutz, Nicolas ^a   Carr, Michael C ^a   Canning, Douglas A ^a   Stafford, Perry W ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt renal injuries; Nonoperative management; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KIDNEY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REGISTRIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 4744350795     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000141022.01878.C2     Document Type: Article

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