Predictive value of a flat inferior vena cava on initial computed tomography for hemodynamic deterioration in patients with blunt torso trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1398-1402

  Matsumoto, Shokei ^a   Sekine, Kazuhiko ^a   Yamazaki, Motoyasu ^a   Sasao, Kenihiro ^a   Funabiki, Tomohiro ^a   Shimizu, Masayuki ^a   Yoshii, Hiroshi ^b   Kishikawa, Masanobu ^c   Kitano, Mitsuhide ^c  

^a SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI TOBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Kanagawa ken Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAISEIKAI FUKUOKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blunt torso trauma; CT scan; Flat inferior vena cava; Hemodynamic deterioration

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHIC EMBOLIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TORSO TRAUMA; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLAT INFERIOR VENA CAVA; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OCCULT PNEUMOTHORAX; OVERT PNEUMOTHORAX; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 78650821360     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181fc406f     Document Type: Article

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