Changing patterns in diagnostic strategies and the treatment of blunt injury to solid abdominal organs

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Van Der Vlies, Cornelis H ^a   Olthof, Dominique C ^b   Gaakeer, Menno ^c   Ponsen, Kees J ^d   Van Delden, Otto M ^b   Goslings, J Carel ^b  

^a Maasstad Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BED REST; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 84857682293     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-4-47     Document Type: Review

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