Is sonography reliable for the diagnosis of pediatric blunt abdominal trauma?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 912-915

  Retzlaff, Tobias ^a   Hirsch, Wolfgang ^b   Till, Holger ^b   Rolle, Udo ^c  

^a Klinikum Bad Salzungen gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Children; Computed tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL ORGAN RUPTURE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ECHOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY; HEMINEPHRECTOMY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY PELVIS; KIDNEY RUPTURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PANCREAS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROPERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFANT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SAFETY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77951659480     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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