Ultrasound triage of ocular blast injury in the military emergency department

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-178

  Ritchie, James V ^a   Horne, Simon T ^b   Perry, Jonathan ^c   Gay, David ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b MDHU Derriford   (United Kingdom)

^c MDHU Peterborough   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; EYE INJURIES; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856645431     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00217     Document Type: Article

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