Validation of a Prediction Rule for the Identification of Children With Intra-abdominal Injuries After Blunt Torso Trauma

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-533

  Holmes, James F ^a   Mao, Amy ^a   Awasthi, Smita ^a   McGahan, John P ^a   Wisner, David H ^a   Kuppermann, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACCURACY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESENTERY DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70349153496     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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