Validating the western trauma association algorithm for managing patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds: A western trauma association multicenter trial

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1494-1502

  Biffl, Walter L ^a   Kaups, Krista L ^b   Pham, Tam N ^c   Rowell, Susan E ^d   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^b   Burlew, Clay Cothren ^a   Elterman, J ^d   Moore, Ernest E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Algorithm; Computed tomography; Diagnostic peritoneal lavage; Laparoscopy; Local wound exploration; Multicenter; Penetrating abdominal trauma; Penetrating trauma; Stab wounds

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ADULT; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 84255170219     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823ba1de     Document Type: Conference Paper

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