Western trauma association (WTA) critical decisions in trauma: Management of adult blunt splenic trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1007-1011

  Moore, Frederick A ^a,f   Davis, James W ^b   Moore Jr , Ernest E ^c   Cocanour, Christine S ^d   West, Michael A ^e   McIntyre Jr , Robert C ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; INJURY; SPLEEN;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; SPLEEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67650586601     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818a93bf     Document Type: Review

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