Practice management guidelines for selective nonoperative management of penetrating abdominal trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 721-733

  Como, John J ^a   Bokhari, Faran ^b   Chiu, William C ^c   Duane, Therese M ^d   Holevar, Michele R ^e   Tandoh, Margaret A ^d   Ivatury, Rao R ^d   Scalea, Thomas M ^f  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic peritoneal lavage; Nontherapeutic laparoctomy; Penetrating abdominal trauma; Practice management guidelines; Selective nonoperative management

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVISCERATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAB WOUND; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77949439885     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181cf7d07     Document Type: Article

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