Rate of intra-abdominal injury after a normal abdominal computed tomographic scan in adults with blunt trauma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 574-579

  Holmes, James F ^a   McGahan, John P ^a   Wisner, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREAS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861172584     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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