Screening for abdominal injury prior to emergent extra-abdominal trauma surgery: A prospective study

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 739-741

  Gonzalez, Richard P ^a   Han, Maohao ^a   Turk, Bartel ^a   Luterman, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; CT scan; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 7244247478     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000147518.96480.B3     Document Type: Article

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