What's the incidence of delayed splenic bleeding in children after blunt trauma? An institutional experience and review of the literature

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-577

  Davies, Dafydd A ^a   Fecteau, Annie ^a   Himidan, Sharifa ^a   Mikrogianakis, Angelo ^a   Wales, Paul W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blunt splenic trauma; Delayed splenic bleeding; Nonoperative management

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYCLING; DELAYED SPLEEN BLEEDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; INJURY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70449113290     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318190392b     Document Type: Article

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