Blunt abdominal injury in the pregnant patient: Detection with US

Radiology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 463-470

  Richards, John R ^a   Ormsby, Eleanor L ^b   Romo, Monica V ^c   Gillen, Marijo A ^b   McGahan, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, injuries, 70.41, 80.41; Abdomen, US, 70.1298, 80.1298; Emergency radiology; Pregnancy, US

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 7044237355     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2332031671     Document Type: Review

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