Unsuspected internal organ traumatic injuries

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1067-1080

  Sikka, Rishi ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; LACERATION; LIVER INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; PANCREAS INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SPLEEN INJURY;

EID: 5044235166     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.05.006     Document Type: Review

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