Findings and limitations of focused ultrasound as a possible screening test in stable adult patients with blunt abdominal trauma: A Greek study

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 234-238

  Kornezos, Ioannis ^a,e   Chatziioannou, Achilles ^b   Kokkonouzis, Ioannis ^c   Nebotakis, Panagiotis ^a   Moschouris, Hippocrates ^a   Yiarmenitis, Spiridon ^d   Mourikis, Dimitrios ^b   Matsaidonis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Military Hospital   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^e NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Blunt abdominal trauma; Focused sonography; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLADDER RUPTURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY RUPTURE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PANCREAS INJURY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 76949089875     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1516-1     Document Type: Article

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