Routine follow-up imaging of kidney injuries may not be justified

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1229-1233

  Bukur, Marko ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Barmparas, Galinos ^a   Paquet, Christian ^a   Best, Charles ^a   Lam, Lydia ^a   Plurad, David ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Computerized tomography; Follow up imaging; Kidney injury; Renal injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; URETER STRICTURE; URINOMA;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 79955761518     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e5bb8e     Document Type: Article

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