Diagnosis and pre-operative management of multiple injured patients with explorative laparotomy because of blunt abdominal trauma

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 517-524

  Heyn, Jens ^a   Ladurner, R ^a   Ozimek, A ^a   Burklein D ^a   M Huber Wagner, S ^a   Hallfeldt, K K ^a   Mussack, T ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Laparotomy; Multiple injury; Radiological diagnostic

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY DISEASE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGAN INJURY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERITONEAL FLUID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 57449114024     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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