Pediatric blunt splenic trauma: A comprehensive review

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 904-916

  Lynn, Karen N ^a   Werder, Gabriel M ^a   Callaghan, Rachel M ^a   Sullivan, Ashley N ^b   Jafri, Zafar H ^a   Bloom, David A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Nonoperative management; Pediatric; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ACCIDENT; ANATOMY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FLUID THERAPY; FOCUSED ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; SPLEEN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 69049107356     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1336-0     Document Type: Review

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