Imaging children with abdominal trauma

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1179-1189

  Sivit, Carlos J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal injury; Abdominal trauma; Emergency radiology; Pediatric imaging; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLADDER INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS INJURY; PERFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 65649095977     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2163     Document Type: Review

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