Nonoperative management of blunt renal injury: a need for further study

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1311-1314

  Aguayo, Pablo ^a   Fraser, Jason D ^a   Sharp, Susan ^a   Holcomb III, George W ^a   Ostlie, Daniel J ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Management; Renal injury

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INJURY; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; KIDNEY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TIME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953816977     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.02.109     Document Type: Article

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