Hollow Viscus Injury

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-299

  McStay, Christopher ^a   Ringwelski, Anna ^a   Levy, Philip ^b   Legome, Eric ^c  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

Author keywords

blunt abdominal trauma; hollow viscus injury; visceral injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOLLOW VISCUS INJURY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; MOTORCYCLES; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70349109685     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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