The accuracy of FAST in relation to grade of solid organ injuries: A retrospective analysis of 226 trauma patients with liver or splenic lesion

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schnüriger, Beat ^a   Kilz, Joachim ^a   Inderbitzin, Daniel ^a   Schafer, Miranda ^a   Kickuth, Ralph ^a   Luginbühl, Martin ^a   Candinas, Daniel ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; HUMAN; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN EXAMINATION; SPLEEN INJURY; AGED; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; INJURY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPLEEN; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SWITZERLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64849090418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-9-3     Document Type: Article

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