Ultrasonographic applications after mass casualty incident caused by wenchuan earthquake

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1417-1420

  Dan, Deng ^a   Mingsong, Liao ^a   Jie, Tao ^a   Xiaobo, Wu ^a   Zhong, Chen ^a   Yan, Liang ^a   Xiaojin, Lai ^a   Ming, Chang ^a  

^a CHENGDU MILITARY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Mass casualty incident.; Trauma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARTHQUAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77953808862     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181c9b301     Document Type: Article

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