Management of motorcycle accident-related blunt hepatic injury-a different strategy

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-182

  Lin, Hsing Lin ^a,b   Lee, King Teh ^a,b   Chen, Chao Wen ^a   Kuo, Liang Chi ^a   Lin, Yen Ko ^a   Cheng, Yuan Chia ^a   Lee, Wei Che ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT LIVER INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTORCYCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 76249112021     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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