Hemorrhage after low-energy pelvic trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-442

  Krappinger, Dietmar ^a   Zegg, Michael ^a   Jeske, Christian ^a   El Attal, Rene ^a   Blauth, Michael ^a   Rieger, Michael ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arterial embolization; Hb drop; Hemorrhage; Low energy pelvic trauma

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAVASATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; INJURY; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84860578522     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31822ad41f     Document Type: Article

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