Observation for nonoperative management of blunt liver injuries: How long is long enough?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 626-629

  Parks, Nancy A ^a   Davis, James W ^a   Forman, Dana ^a   Lemaster, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Guideline; Liver; Nonoperative management; Observation

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY PERITONITIS; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY BLEEDING; MESENTERY DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; OVARIAN BLEEDING; PANCREAS INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIVER; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 79952789028     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31820d1c69     Document Type: Article

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